That night, the chief generals of the imperial court were assigned tasks and then left and returned to the camp.

Yang Su used a strategy, which was actually to build a plank road openly and secretly travel to Chen Cang. With the help of Han Xin's strategy of helping Liu Bang to attack the Sanqin, he openly asked the army to advance slowly and test the rebels. He secretly selected eight thousand elite soldiers, led by the fierce general Yu Juluo, sneaked into Huoshan, and wanted to advance along the deep valley of the cliff, directly attack the rebels' nest, and sneak attacked the camp that Zhao Zikai in the rear.

This strategy is highly confidential, and Yang Su did not announce it in front of him, so many generals were not very clear about how to give a fatal blow to 100,000 rebels when they returned.

The vanguard army, left army, right army, central army, and rear hall army pressed forward and had entered the Jinzhou area.

The rebels here retreated without fighting, leaving the territory to the imperial guards, but the warehouses here stocked grain, cattle, sheep and other livestock were taken away. What was left was equivalent to an empty city and an open land. Because the people had no food, they also fled here and went to take shelter elsewhere.

"The rebels are going to use a trick!" Zhou Luohu's face turned cold, and he had guessed the rebels' intentions.

Soon, Yang Su ordered the army to station outside the city, several miles away from Jinzhou City, to support each other, and sent three thousand soldiers into the city to govern the order within the city and restore the imperial control.

Yang Su has a lot of experience in leading troops. According to his habit, he would not station the army in the city. If a tiger is locked in a cage, it will not be able to operate. Once he is besieged or there are ambushes hidden in the city, he will come out of the tunnel at night and fight in the city. Even if there are 100,000 troops, he will collapse.

General Zhang Shou, Sima, Gongcao and others sent to Jinzhou City, were all stunned after entering the city to investigate the people's conditions. Because all the food in the city was taken away, the strong men were also arrested, leaving the elderly, weak, sick, disabled, women and children. They saw that there was not much food, and they would have to spend a few days of food, and they would have no food to live.

General Zhang Shou quickly sent the information to Yang Su, and even the latter frowned, feeling that the matter was difficult. If the military rations were not used to rescue the people in the city, then the people would starve to death. After all, many elderly people, children, etc. could not travel long distances.

But if the military ration is taken out, the army will soon be out of food and morale will inevitably be defeated, and then the army will be defeated like a mountain of defeat.

This is no longer just a military strategy, but also humanity, morality, and psychological tactics. Who is more cruel to the people!

Yang Su was in danger because he represented the imperial army. If he refused to save the people of the imperial court and starved to death hundreds of thousands of people, even if he won the battle and suppressed the rebels, he would become a scapegoat. At that time, many scholars and nobles, criticized him for being inhumane, and political enemies would attack him. At that time, the emperor would probably kill him for the sake of the common people's grievances to appease the world.

If he was defeated by saving the people, as the commander of the three armies, he would be to blame. Even if he was not killed, his invincible reputation would end. At that time, some political enemies would not miss the opportunity to stumble over the Yang family.

"My father, this plan is too insidious." Yang Renxing said indignantly.

Yang Wanshi said: "My father, we cannot help these people, but we cannot help them with all our strength. Unless we give military rations, we will retreat immediately. Otherwise, when the food and grass are gone, it will be difficult for the supply in the rear to arrive in time. I am afraid that the army will mutiny and the army will collapse without fighting."
Chapter completed!