Chapter 637: Heartwarming Hypothesis
"The direction of strategic adjustment?" Hearing Pei Xiangdong's inquiry, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and a touch of contemplation flashed in his eyes, as if he was unconsciously following the conversation.
"My lord, wasn't our previous goal to use the Wuzhou Mansion to attract the White Lotus Sect to rush over like a moth to a fire? Why choose to adjust the strategy before it is fully implemented? Isn't it a bit of a change of day? A trace of doubt flashed in Pei Xiangdong's eyes, and he glanced at Shen Yan intently, with his understanding of Shen Yan, Shen Yan is definitely not a person who changes his orders overnight, but why today's performance is like this, Pei Xiangdong really can't understand.
"A change of day? That's not going to happen. Hearing Pei Xiangdong use the word Chao Lingxi, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and a touch of contemplation appeared in his eyes, and he said slowly.
"Wuzhou Mansion is now occupied by the Jinling front army, and we can't trust each other, if we continue to use Wuzhou Mansion as bait, it is very likely that we will not only not hit the prey, but will become the prey. In response to this situation, I think we should have shifted our strategy in advance, besides, our original goal was to eliminate the White Lotus Sect in the movement, and we have been in Niugong Mountain for a long time, so it is easy to expose our whereabouts. ”
"Of course, if we had absolute strength, I wouldn't be so worried, on the contrary, I would take the initiative to find the White Lotus Sect for a decisive battle. Strength determines tactics. When Shen Yan said this, a faint bitterness appeared on the corner of his mouth, and it was also the first time since he led the army that he felt the regret of insufficient troops.
"My lord, where is our next step?" Pei Xiangdong's eyes showed a touch of contemplation, and it seemed that there were still some incomprehensible things about Shen Yan's words.
"Lao Pei, you are the first pair of my Great Xia Royal Army, to a certain extent, you basically have to exercise part of my powers, in charge of the Great Xia Royal Army and the servant army, therefore, your strategic vision should be based on the entire battle situation, not a certain battlefield, only you stand higher than others, think farther than others, in the case of the disparity in strength is not particularly obvious, you have the initiative in the war." Shen Yan's eyes showed a look of encouragement, glanced at Pei Xiangdong, and said slowly.
Shen Yan has always been optimistic about Pei Xiangdong, and he is also a talent who has worked hard to cultivate, and he is also his own representative in the army. This is also why Shen Yan not only gave Pei Xiangdong the command to organize this war, but also came out to indoctrinate Pei Xiangdong at a critical time.
"What is the purpose of our expedition to suppress the White Lotus Sect this time, or what is the strategic purpose of our leading army into Huaibei County this time?" A faint smile appeared in Shen Yan's eyes, glanced at Pei Xiangdong, and asked slowly.
"Exterminate the White Lotus Sect and return Huaibei County to a peaceful world." Pei Xiangdong said without thinking.
"It's not difficult to exterminate, but the difficulty lies in how to exterminate. Don't you know that the White Lotus Sect will resurrect every few years, is it really the doctrine of the White Lotus Sect that is very promising, I don't think it maybe, in fact, we have not fundamentally solved the problem of the White Lotus Sect's survival soil, as long as the local people have food, clothing, and housing, no one is willing to follow the White Lotus Sect and risk killing their heads to jump out to make trouble. A helpless smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, although he knew where the root of the White Lotus Sect's survival was, however, he did not have a national artifact in his hands, and he could not affect the policy of a country, so he could only minimize casualties within his ability.
"Therefore, we can't kill the White Lotus Sect anywhere in Huaibei County, unless we really need to stop killing by killing, or those who are extremely vicious."
"My lord, you know all these generals, but this soldier can't be the reason for our strategic shift?" Pei Xiangdong very much agrees with Shen Yan's view of the overall strategic situation, but this thing is not the knowledge that you will know as soon as you say it, but it needs to be slowly accumulated and precipitated, and the most important thing is to adjust your own consciousness and the angle of thinking about the problem, so neither Pei Xiangdong himself nor Shen Yan asked Pei Xiangdong to change immediately.
"You said that after this White Lotus Sect arrived in Wuzhou Mansion, did the Jinling Front Army fight, or fled?" Shen Yan heard Pei Xiangdong's inquiry, smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, glanced at Pei Xiangdong, and said slowly.
"Based on the inference of the last general, although the former army of Jinling does not want to give up, in the face of the White Lotus Sect, which is several times its size, it can only give up Wuzhou Mansion with pain." Pei Xiangdong thought for a while, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he had caught something, but it seemed that some key points had not been fully grasped.
"I think this assumption of yours is completely valid. Then think about it again, if the Jinling front army abandons Wuzhou Mansion, where will they retreat? The corners of Shen Yan's mouth were filled with a hearty smile, and he said slowly.
"After the Jinling former army withdrew from Wuzhou Mansion, it seems that there is no good place to go. There are people from the White Lotus Sect's Holy Mother line stationed in Xiangzhou Mansion, Lingnan is a person from the White Lotus Sect's head line, and here is our Great Xia Royal Army and Servant Army, these places are impossible, and none of the other parties seems to be suitable. Pei Xiangdong followed Shen Yan's train of thought and seriously thought about the choice of the Jinling front army, but he couldn't seem to find a suitable answer in his mind, and with a trace of doubt in his eyes, he said slowly.
"Maybe the Jinling front army can evacuate Huaibei County through other places." Shen Yan said indifferently.
"Withdraw from Huaibei County, but didn't they come to conquer the White Lotus Sect by order, thinking that it was not completed, how could they leave the battlefield without permission." Hearing Shen Yan's answer, a touch of shock flashed in Pei Xiangdong's eyes, as if he felt that this answer could not appear at all.
"If the Jinling Front Army can successfully withdraw from Huaibei County, how many troops will be left? Even if he fled to Jinling in such a miserable way, would the emperor have issued a decree to see Luo Yuhui's head? No, not only will the emperor not cut off Luo Yuhui's head, but also give an order to comfort Luo Yuhui. Shen Yan's eyes flashed with a confident look, glanced at Pei Xiangdong, and said slowly.
"The emperor did this, not only because Luo Yuhui was born in a military family, but more importantly, the emperor also agreed with Luo Yuhui's great idea of finishing his work in one battle, if the emperor cut off Luo Yuhui's head, wouldn't it be a disguised way to tell others that the emperor's decision was wrong, so if Luo Yuhui really escaped from Huaibei County, he would definitely return to Jinling, and then get the emperor's forgiveness and become an important general in the military again."
"It's really heartwarming." Hearing Shen Yan's analysis, Pei Xiangdong's brows furrowed slightly, as if he couldn't accept such an assumption all of a sudden.
"What, unacceptable?" Shen Yan seemed to have guessed Pei Xiangdong's thoughts, and with an indifferent smile on the corner of his mouth, he said slowly.
"If you want to become a qualified military commander, you must have a certain degree of political literacy, otherwise, you don't know how you were killed."