The matter of the military pay being robbed was concealed by Chu Qing, but because of the importance of the matter, he was not the only one who knew about it, including the deputy general.
The deputy general knew that the robbery of military pay was an accident. Chu Qing no longer trusted him because of everything that had happened before, but Chu Qing did not explain it to the other soldiers.
Although Chu Qing did not let the deputy general participate in the military discussion, afterward, the deputy general found the people who participated in the discussion and asked them what happened. Those people didn't know what the deputy general had done before, so they told him about the robbery of the general's salary without hesitation.
After the deputy general learned about the robbery of military pay, he immediately spread the news. In less than an hour, all the soldiers in the military camp knew about the robbery of military pay.
"What's going on? Didn't you say you wanted to conceal the robbery of military pay? Who spread the news?" Chu Qing said angrily. Originally, they were in danger now, but there are still people who dare to shake the morale of the army.
The people who knew about this matter looked at each other. None of them leaked the news about the robbery of military pay. I don’t know how everyone in the military camp knew about it all of a sudden.
"What do you want me to ask you? Who spread the word about this?"
Several people looked at each other, and one of them thought for a moment and said, "General Chu, when I just left, I met the deputy general. He..."
"Vice general?" Chu Qing interrupted him and said with a serious face: "Did you tell him about the robbery of military pay?"
"Yes, yes, because he said that he did not come to participate in the discussion because he was not feeling well, so..."
Chu Qing took a deep breath. He was still careless. He originally wanted not to argue with him, but he didn't expect that he would cause so many troubles.
The person next to him frowned and said, "General Chu, now the soldiers in the camp know that their military pay has been robbed. They are all talking about it, saying that this time they are fighting the enemy, I'm afraid... "
Chu Qing understood what he meant. The burning of food and grass had already made the soldiers feel withdrawn. Now that their military pay was robbed again, they would definitely be panicked.
"According to what the general said before, the enemy has long known about the burning of our food and grass. The reason for delaying action is to wait until we can no longer support it and plan to annihilate us in one fell swoop. So now we have insufficient food and grass and no support... Yes Don’t you want to go back?”
Chu Qing shook his head and said: "We can't retreat. The enemy will definitely guess that we will retreat. They must have laid a trap and are waiting for us to retreat into their trap. And we have no retreat. The soldiers' psychological defense is weak now. , If we retreat again, it will show them that we have no chance of winning."
"But general, we have no food and grass now, there are enemy troops in front, and there is no support in the rear. If we can't retreat, should we wait to die?"
Chu Qing closed her eyes and went through the current situation one by one in her mind. They could neither retreat, nor wait for death. Then, they could only...
"Pass my order, and all the soldiers in the camp will be ready to go into battle with me to kill the enemy."
"What? General Chu, do you want to go into battle to kill the enemy now?" The person next to him looked at Chu Qing in surprise and said.
Chu Qing nodded with firm eyes and said: "Since we have no retreat, let's move forward. If the enemy doesn't move, I will move."
"But our food and grass are not enough, and the enemy's food and grass are sufficient. We and them..."
Chu Qing waved his hand to interrupt him, and said with a smile: "In that case, then we will burn all their food and grass."
"General Chu means..."
Chu Qing picked up the armor next to him and put it on, and said: "I will lead the soldiers to burn the enemy's granary, and you will leave one person here to take charge of the overall situation."