"On paper?" Zhao Mu smiled softly, "If you can't talk about the war on paper, you won't be able to go to the battlefield to fight." But what you're saying is right, I have a better idea, and we might take this opportunity to deduce the art of war and let everyone here comment. ”

"Lord Wang, is this going to compete with Rong Zhao?" The pride in Rong Zhao's heart was finally stimulated, and at this moment, he was full of fighting spirit.

"It's not about competition, it's just about learning. Actually, I'm very curious about your military skills, but I don't have a chance to ask for a lesson or two. Today is just an opportunity, you and I have to discuss, invite so many people to watch the referee, maybe in the future, this matter can also be called a beautiful conversation (good story) in the country's prison. Zhao Mu smiled.

Xiao Heng has been silent, and finally couldn't help it at this time, these two people are talking back and forth, and it is really inappropriate to bring these hundreds of people to the side to cool off, so he got up and said: "Is it the beauty of the talk of its own descendants, but there are no map props here, how can this military matter be discussed?" Besides, this is Chongwen Pavilion, if you talk about military affairs here, is it inappropriate? ”

"Whether it is Wen Tao or Wu Luo, it is to protect the family and defend the country, and it is to benefit the people of Limin, so why should Wen and Wu be so clear?" After Zhao Mu finished speaking, he turned his head and ordered the Guozi priest next to him: "I remember that there is a set of molds for military drills here, go and take it out." ”

Guozi Priest Liquor Yang Fuchen hurriedly responded, beckoned and took a few people to the back warehouse to personally carry a complete set of molds to Chongwen Pavilion. When everyone looked at these six big boxes, they were dumbfounded for a while, and even Rong Zhao gasped when they saw it, thinking to themselves what kind of mold is this, there are so many?

The boxes were opened one by one, and the planks were first brought out of them and placed in the open space in front of the lectern, and special officers stepped forward to put them together one by one. However, in a quarter of an hour's work, in front of the lectern, the two battles were spliced together except for a map of the Great Qi Frontier, on which the mountains, rivers, ravines, cities, and dwellings made of red clay were all available, which were vivid.

Most of the onlookers are children of literati families, these people have cultivated their sentiments with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, and taught poetry and etiquette, how have they ever seen such a thing? Even Xu Jian, the son of General Zhenguo, had never seen this, and couldn't help but sigh in surprise for a while: "Good guy!" That's a good thing! ”

However, this is not the end, after the errand finished splicing the terrain mold, he opened the last two boxes, and took out a six-inch-high wood carving soldier Yong and placed them neatly on both sides, these soldiers are also carved very exquisitely, even the facial features are there, and the battle helmet is also meticulous, and the ornaments are different, can be divided into cavalry, infantry, archers and other types of troops, in addition to chariots, crossbows and other siege weapons.

Even Rong Zhao was shocked by the thing in front of him, and couldn't help but get up and walk slowly to him, squatting down to carefully look at the mountains, rivers, cities, and hills on the model, his fingertips gently slid across the clay city wall, as if the wind had crossed the space to the battlefield of the west wind.

"How's it going, Rong Zhao." Zhao Mu stood opposite Rong Zhao and asked with a smile.

Rong Zhao slowly looked up at his smile like the dawn of the spring equinox, sat down on the ground on one side, and said, "Fight." ”

"Okay." Zhao Mu also sat on the ground with the corner of his robe.

"I will guard this city." Rong Zhao's fingertips were fixed on the gatehouse of the model of the ancient city.

"Then the king shall make this mountain pass his camp and attack your city." Zhao Mu responded with a smile.

Rong Zhao smiled and didn't speak, and began to review the troops on his side.

"This is a frontier state city, according to the strength of a state city, you only have a garrison of 10,000 people here, including archers, cavalry, generals, etc. Because it is a barren land on the frontier, you will only have enough food and grass for two months, and if no one can bring you food and grass after two months, you will be defeated without a fight. Zhao Mu said.

"So as the besieging side, how many troops do you have?" Rong Zhao asked.

"Normally, the siege will mobilize more than twice the opponent's troops to fight, and the habit of the Northern Mongolian people is not to bring too much, and they are good at supplying grain and grass when fighting - that is, robbing the other side."

"Are there people in this ancient city? How many people are there plus the elderly, the weak, women and children? Rong Zhao asked.

"This ancient city is modeled after the example of Zezhou in northern Xinjiang, which now has a population of 24,000 people, including the elderly, women, and children, as well as the surrounding herdsmen. The number of merchants who came and went was uncertain, and if there was a long period of war, there would be basically no currency, and if the current situation was present, about 70 to 100 merchants would enter and leave the middle or higher every day. ”

"You know this city so well?" Rong Zhao asked in surprise.

"yes, I lived here for half a year." A hint of a playful smile flashed in Zhao Mu's beautiful Danfeng eyes.

Rong Zhao wanted to slap himself, and said in his heart how to forget this stubble! This guy once fought in Northern Xinjiang! And it's a win!

"Do you want to change?" Zhao Mu asked with a smile.

"No, you don't." Rong Zhao shook his head magnificently and chuckled, "War has never been equal. You now only say that you will attack the city with twice the force, but in fact, if it were me, I would probably attack the city with five or even ten times the number of troops - if such conditions exist, then the army might be able to win without a fight. I always thought that the survival of the army was not for war, but for deterrence! ”

"Shock?" Zhao Mu was slightly stunned after hearing these two words, and then smiled: "Not bad." If you press the border with ten times the number of troops, there is a chance that you will win without a fight, and in that case, not a single soldier will be lost. It's just that if Northern Mongolia is icy and snowy all year round, the average life expectancy does not exceed 50 years old, and five or six of the ten children born can grow to adulthood, they will not even have twice the number of troops, let alone ten times the number of troops. ”

"Don't forget that there is another word, which is to eliminate the other. If you can't make yourself strong, you have to make the other person weak. If the other party is weak, of course you will be strong. And I'm not just talking about the number of soldiers. Combat power is the most important thing. One cavalry in Northern Mongolia can defeat three cavalry or ten infantry of our Great Qi. And my Great Qi's siege weapons are ten times stronger than theirs. If I attack the enemy, the odds will be greater. However, the living environment of our Daqi people is better than that of Northern Mongolia, we yearn for peace, and our goal is to live and work in peace and contentment, while it is difficult for Northern Mongolian people to survive without fighting or robbing. Therefore, in the northern frontier, they are always the attacker and never think about how to defend. ”

"You're right." Zhao Mu nodded slowly, and sighed softly: "But they don't have to guard at all, because they live a nomadic life and live on horseback, they live in tents, and there is no city, what can they guard?" ”

"Makes sense." Rong Zhao smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that I had thousands of years of historical information than this person, but I didn't know as much as he, who was on the battlefield. Sure enough, there is a specialization in the art industry! If he wants to win, I'm afraid it's not so easy.

"So, let's get started." Zhao Mu said.

"Let's go." Rong Zhao nodded.

With a thousand soldiers, Zhao Mu set up camp in the col he chose for all his cavalry shooters and infantry defenses.

When Zhao Mu arranged his troops, he also arranged his crossbowmen and archers on the city wall.

"On the first day of encampment, I didn't move." Zhao Mu said.

"I'm tired of running around, so I should take a good rest." Rong Zhao nodded with a chuckle, but reached out and took out a general's military puppet and said, "But I can't let you rest well." I will send 500 elite cavalry to attack your grain and haystack at night. ”

"Vicious." Zhao Mu smiled, stretched out his hand and tapped at his big rear, "But I have five thousand people here to guard, and you look at the terrain here, it is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is full of cliffs, only this one entrance and exit can be passed, and I am here to defend a hundred zhang away, and you five hundred people can't get close to the edge at all." ”

Rong Zhao smiled, just pushed the general's puppet and a cavalry to a gentle slope a hundred zhang away from Zhao Mu's grain and grass pile, and chuckled: "I will leave half of the people here to shoot rockets at your camp, and the other half of the people will go around here and climb up from this side of the mountain, shoot arrows and set fire to your grain and grass from top to bottom." How is it? ”

Zhao Mu raised his eyes to look at Rong Zhao, nodded and said, "Good plan." But half of your cavalry will be buried on this gentle slope. And how can your general and the other half of the people climb to the top of the mountain? You must know that when our army is deployed, it will definitely set up a whistle on the top of the mountain. The commanding heights have always been a battleground for soldiers. Also, even if you can reach the top of the mountain and set fire to my food and grass, how do you retreat? You must know that I have 5,000 people here, and it is more than enough to fight the fire and intercept and kill you. ”

"It is inevitable that you will set up a checkpoint on the top of the mountain, but the reason why I sneak up is focused on the word 'steal'. If there is a fire at the bottom of the mountain, your people will definitely pay attention to the movement below, and my people will easily get it by looking at it from behind you. Could it be that there will be hundreds of people stationed on the top of your mountain? Besides, why should I retreat? Rong Zhao smiled charmingly and said, "As long as the group of people under my mountain succeeds in setting fire, they will retreat immediately, and you must at least have a team of men and horses to chase." How many men will you send to chase them? ”

"With your guts, if you dare to set fire to my grain and grass, I will definitely think that there are many people coming, and I will send at least five hundred people to chase after me." Zhao Mu groaned.

"How many people do you need to fight fires?" Rong Zhao asked again.

"It depends on the fire, but at least 500 people need to fight it."

"However, it is not a trivial matter for the grain and grass to catch fire, once the fire is seen, the soldiers guarding the grain and grass will definitely panic, are you sure that in that situation your troops will only leave five hundred people to fight the fire?"

"Not really." Zhao Mu smiled, if it weren't for Rong Zhao himself saying that he would only take five hundred people to sneak attack the grain and grass, I am afraid that the soldiers guarding the grain and grass would have panicked when he set fire to it for the first time. If someone throws fire from the top of the mountain behind them, those people will definitely panic, so they sigh lightly: "Your trick is actually quite poisonous." Well, most of the 5,000 soldiers and horses should go to put out the fire first. The leader should have taken a thousand men up the hill to hunt down the arsonists. ”

"But where do you go up? How to get up? Rong Zhao chuckled.

Zhao Mu also smiled: "Indeed, the cliff is a natural barrier, and this barrier is two-way. It can not only protect the grain and grass in the mountain pass, but also protect the ambush soldiers on the top of the mountain. ”

"So, your men are fighting the fire below, and my two men are attacking your flanks from this line and from this line combined. You have come from a long run, you slept deeply in the middle of the night, and after being awakened by the firelight, all your attention was on the camp where the grain and grass were hoarded. Rong Zhao asked with a smug smile.

"Rong Zhao, you are too confident." Zhao Mu chuckled and shook his head, "Do you know what nomads are best at?" ”

Rong Zhao was stunned when he heard this, thinking that this time it was indeed a big deal. However, Zhao Mu didn't let Rong Zhao think for long before continuing: "Rong Zhao, you are too greedy. If your team evacuates in time after a successful sneak attack, they may be able to save their lives. But if you choose to sneak attack again, you're killing yourself. First of all, these 500 men of yours are not iron-clad, especially when the half of the centaurs who went up to the top of the mountain came down from the top of the mountain and bypassed the defense here all the way to this position, they had at least rushed hundreds of miles of mountain roads. Why do you think that half of your people are still fighting at this time? And the other half of your men and horses also fled for their lives after attacking the grain and grass garrison, how can you conclude that these people can successfully run here? ”

Rong Zhao sighed secretly, thinking that it was really on paper! I didn't watch many military novels, movies and TV series before, and my brain is really not enough at this time!

"Your squad is already a dead end here, needless to say. Let's talk about your other half's plans. Your sneak attack isn't just about food and grass, right? Otherwise, there is no need for your group to run to the left flank of this king to die. ”

Rong Zhao straightened out his thoughts and said, "Indeed. My original plan was for the 500-strong squad to merge from this flank and raid the 5,000 men you were stationed on this flat land, not to kill anyone, but to harass. As long as you can disrupt your faction. So their approach will be to scatter and shoot a shot to change places. ”

"Well, that's a good way to harass. And after that? Zhao Mu asked again.

"Naturally, it was followed by a frontal attack." Rong Zhao said, sighed softly and shook his head: "I originally wanted to use five thousand men to attack your left flank head-on, but after listening to what you said just now, I can conclude that my five thousand men are not enough to defeat your left flank at all, and I can't save these five hundred people." ”

"So, the result of this sneak attack is that you have lost a team of five hundred elite cavalry, and half of the grain and grass on the king's side. And your 5,000-strong frontal attack is nothing more than a stalemate between you and me. ”

"That's right." Rong Zhao nodded depressedly, "This game is a draw." ”

"It's nice that you can think of attacking aggressively, but it's a bit aggressive." Zhao Mu looked at Rong Zhao, who was a little depressed, and smiled.

"But when the two armies are facing each other, if they can't take the initiative to attack, they can only be beaten passively. The enemy army is under the city, and there are old and weak women and children in my city, and I can only survive by attacking. ”

"It's good to be offensive. But if the two sides are deadlocked, you lose the opportunity. Zhao Mu said, and pressed the army to the city gate, "Now that I have lost more than half of my grain and grass, I must fight quickly." Therefore, I simply took advantage of your embers to send a total of 10,000 soldiers and horses from the left wing and the Chinese army to attack the city. ”

Rong Zhao stared at Zhao Mu's puppet pressed to the gate of the ancient city model with an awe-inspiring expression, and said in a deep voice: "At this time, I only have to fight against the water." I will first shoot your leader with a strong crossbow with a range of 100 zhang, of course, this may not necessarily miss, but the power of the strong crossbow will bring you a certain shock. ”

"Indeed, in the past, the strong crossbow would have scared the people of Beimeng." Zhao Mu nodded and said, "But the Northern Mongolian people are fierce by nature, and the more dangerous they are, the more fierce they are. As long as there is a life, there is a qiē. Your crossbow will only scare them for a moment, only to be rewarded with even more frantic attacks. Also, don't forget that their nomadic people's use of bows and arrows is more refined than that of the Great Qi peoples. ”

Rong Zhao stared at the battle situation and fell into deep thought, but after thinking about it, there was no chance of winning this game. He grew up in Western Xinjiang, although he didn't know much about Northern Mongolia, but he knew the people of Daqi very well, these people ran faster than rabbits when they encountered war, when they were in Xiliang City, Rong Shuo gave an order when he was defending the city, saying that it was for the safety of Xiliang City, close the gate of the Quartet, and no one was allowed to enter and leave casually. At that time, there were people in Xiliang City who secretly set fires, but they didn't burn important things, but only secretly lit the adjacent firewood piles that had a bad relationship on weekdays and wanted to take the opportunity to retaliate, and then some people deliberately lit their own firewood piles and pretended to be on fire at home, causing panic, causing fireworks in the city, forcing Rong Shuo to open the east city gate and let the people flee - if they were not allowed to go, who knew what they would burn next? Maybe he poured fire oil on the gate of the general's mansion and set it on fire that day.

After pondering for a long time, Rong Zhao said slowly: "Your 10,000 army is attacking, and I will resist with all my might, and I should only be able to hold it for three days." ”

"How is this possible!" Xu Jian took the lead and couldn't hold his breath, "The other party has 10,000 people, you also have 10,000 people, he attacks you and defends, you have a strong city wall as a shield, how can you only hold out for three days?!" ”

"I have 10,000 men, and I am the whole army. His 10,000 men were half of his troops. He can attack in two shifts, while my men stay on guard. Can last for three days...... It's already the limit. Rong Zhao said, sighing softly, "Actually, I wasn't rash in the sneak attack at the beginning, but I was too conservative. ”

"Do it all over again?" Zhao Mu asked with a smile.

"Okay." Rong Zhao smiled self-deprecatingly, "If the war ends in such a hurry, I'm too sorry for this perfect set of molds." ”

"Let's do it all over again." Zhao Mu said, withdrawing his soldiers and horses and rearranging them one by one.

Rong Zhao also thought carefully about it by re-arranging the puppets, and when the war started again, it was still a sneak attack, but Rong Zhao really increased his strength tenfold, and directly transferred half of the grain and grass to attack the opponent in the past, and then after the sneak attack was successful, he directly turned to a frontal attack on the spot, and occupied the opponent's grain and grass base by rope airborne, and the other 5,000 troops were also all dispatched to directly assault the opponent's Chinese army tent from the front.

And the result of this is that the grain and grass side wins, and the head-to-head defeat is lost.

After Zhao Mu's men and horses first dealt with the 5,000 people who were attacking head-on, they freed up their hands to kill a horse pistol, and directly blocked the 5,000 people who Rong Zhao sneaked up on the grain and grass in that small mountain pass.

The col surrounded by mountains on three sides and only one exit is like an urn, and Rong Zhao's 5,000 men and horses are the turtles in the urn.

What if you burn other people's grain and grass? If you don't have a single soldier in your city, will it become a storehouse of grain and grass for others?

Rong Zhao looked up to the sky and sighed: "This time I lost more completely." ”

Zhao Mu smiled and comforted: "It's not arrogant!" Moreover, defeat is, of course, a defeat, but a victory is also a pyrrhic victory. The price on the king's side is also very large, and if you calculate carefully, the soldiers and horses are also lost by more than half. If this is a real battle, there will be reinforcements to recover after the loss of Zezhou City, but the Northern Mongols will not launch a large-scale attack for two years. ”

"Isn't it possible to rob this city? Grain, grass, gold and silver, men and horses, all there. Xiao Heng, who was watching from the side, asked curiously.

Rong Zhao chuckled and said, "How many people are there in Beimeng?" 20,000 elite soldiers should also give it their all. The loss is halved, that is, the combat strength of the entire country has been reduced, and they have a lot of friction with the Goryeo in the east and the Qiang in the northwest, and they will definitely not dare to provoke trouble lightly until the army is restored. As for the things in this city, that is, grain, grass, gold, silver, and jewels, which were useful to them, as for the men and women...... Naturally, they don't look down on them, and they are afraid that even the captives will be killed, and the Northern Mongolian people don't believe that foreigners will be loyal to them, so they will never bring foreigners back, let alone let foreigners fill the army. Therefore, the city was temporarily lost, and when the reinforcements arrived, they could take it back, and the Northern Mongols would not occupy the city for long - they did not need such a city, and felt that this time they would be trapped to death. ”

"Not bad." Zhao Mu listened to Rong Zhao's words, and nodded with satisfaction, "If you can know this, you are better than these people here." ”

Rong Zhao laughed at himself and said, "No matter how strong you are, you are just a defeated soldier under the prince." ”

"Since you admit defeat, then you will lose the king, okay?" Zhao Mu asked with a smile.

"Since you have lost, you will naturally be at the disposal of the prince." Rong Zhao tilted his head to look away, full of unhappiness but he couldn't regret it in front of so many people.

"Well, this king thinks that since you have entered the country to study, but you have not been able to express your words, it is not like it. How about sending you a word today? ”

Rong Zhao didn't expect Zhao Mu to make such a request, it was too easy! When he nodded and agreed: "The prince is talented and noble, and it is really an honor to be able to give Rong Zhao words, but I don't know what words the prince gave?" ”

"You are very smart, but you lack a mentor to guide you. Being able to study in the country is a great opportunity for you, and you must know how to cherish it. Zhao Mu said, smiling slightly, "The word that this king gave you today is 'pity'." Actually, there are many people around you who are worth cherishing, aren't they? ”

"Sorry...... It? "Rong Zhao secretly cursed, sorry for you big-headed ghost! You're so deliberate!

Imagine, in the future, in this national prison, from the Taifu to the classmates, they all call themselves "cherished", and constantly reminded themselves that they have another name and another identity, Rong Zhao only felt that the whole person was not good.

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Hahaha......

Mu Mu is too insidious, there is wood?

I'm really going home and kneeling on the washboard!

Hahahaha......

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