"Jin Xuedi has deployed 250,000 soldiers in the Northeast Outer Lake, half of whom are veterans of the Honor Regiment. Only the barbarian army outside the West Mountain has only 150,000 people, and it is stationed in separate troops. And our army has no source of grain and grass, and can only make a living by plundering its grain and grass, so the amount of grain and grass in our army, even if there is no news from the Central Plains thieves, the people of Jin Xuedi will definitely be able to guess seven or eight points.

At present, our army's food and grass are about to run out, if it is expected that our army will go out of the grain to grab grain, I am afraid that outside this western mountain is the suspicious array set up by the barbarian army, I am afraid that there are other killing opportunities, I don't know what Mr. Su and General Gongliang think? ”

As soon as the words fell, Su Fangyi took over and said:

Su has already considered this matter. I did not expect that the Jinxuedi people would not store more grain and grass in the camp in case our army broke through their camp and took away their grain and grass, so even if our army had taken down their camp, they would have gained very little, and it was very likely that they had a plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

Therefore, our army attacked this time, using the looting of grain as bait, to destroy the enemy, forcing him to hide and expose his killing opportunities, and then to defeat him with a tired army, and then take advantage of the fact that the enemy in the outer lake is not in a hurry to rescue, and quickly attack the west to plunder the grain and grass. ”

"Then I don't know how much Mr. Su is going to send troops?"

Bai Liyan asked, and Gongliangwen answered:

"Eighty thousand! According to the scout's report the previous time, the barbarian army had about 150,000 troops in the west, scattered in three camps, and the distance between the three battalions was half a day, and our army's 80,000 troops could be divided and conquered. ”

"But among these 150,000 people, there are 50,000 veterans of the Honor Regiment, and their combat power is extraordinary. At the same time, it was recently discovered that the Jinxuedi auxiliary corps has hidden signs of reorganization, the ordnance and equipment have been improved, and its combat power may have changed from the beginning, and even its auxiliary soldiers may be wearing leather armor, but they are actually veterans of the honor regiment.

Although our army can concentrate its forces to annihilate one of them, our army's equipment is still inferior, and even if we attack one of its battalions, I am afraid it will be very laborious. ”

"But don't our troops have gunpowder?"

Su Fangyi said, Bai Liyan shook his head:

"The powder jar is not very convenient to use, and if the enemy retreats from the camp and shoots it with a bow and crossbow, our army will still have to pay some casualties to defeat it. At present, although there are more than 300,000 people in our army, if one person dies, there is one less person, and there is no supplement, and the more a big war is launched, the greater the disadvantages to our army. ”

Su Fangyi expected that there was not much grain and grass in the camp of the Jinxuedi people outside the West Mountain, so he planned to do so, and under the guise of robbing grain, he tried to concentrate 80,000 superior troops, relying on the powerful power of gunpowder, first broke through a camp of the barbarian army outside the West Mountain, and then lured the Jin Xuedi people to appear in ambush, and then killed one of them by surprise.

At present, because there are more than 300,000 young and middle-aged people and Central Plains people in the valley, of which nearly half are soldiers of the coalition army, and the rest of the young and middle-aged people and craftsmen have been trained for several months, not counting the craftsmen, the disabled and women, and the manpower that can be put into battle is as much as 2560,000.

However, the weapons are limited, only barely equipped with more than 130,000 miscellaneous weapons, but the advantage is that there are many people, after a wave of people is killed, withdraw to the valley and hand over the weapons to the next wave of people to continue to launch an offensive, so 80,000 people attack, not counting the captured weapons, can take turns to launch three rapid offensives at the door of the house, and the short-term civil combat power is extremely strong.

Once the barbarian army was defeated and the gap was opened, he quickly collected his weapons and armed the valley, taking advantage of the long east and west fronts of the barbarian army, regardless of the time difference between the end and the end, quickly crossed the big river, and went straight to the province of Grandma Song, one hundred miles and twenty or thirty miles west of Cupigon, to obtain grain and grass.

As for the ships of the barbarian army on the river, for the Central Plains coalition army, which is accustomed to water warfare, it is simply an ornament, and it is completely fat to the mouth.

But another problem is a hidden situation that cannot be ignored, there are 50,000 honorary regiments and 100,000 auxiliary regiment soldiers outside Xishan, but no one knows whether the other 100,000 auxiliary soldiers are auxiliary soldiers or veterans of the honor regiment wearing armor. Although the defense of the old pawn wearing light armor will be greatly reduced, his personal combat quality will not change.

On the other hand, the coalition army, not to mention the coordination of the soldiers of the princes' armies, is still in short supply of weapons, and the armor ratio is less than two percent, and it will be extremely difficult to get the old soldiers of the honor regiment, and if there are ambushes, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

Even if there were gunpowder canisters, they would have had very limited effect if they were thrown by manpower until there was no input of artillery and tubular equipment. The beast soldiers of the barbarian army are to a large extent even more effective than gunpowder.

Although Su Fangyi was thoughtful, he overestimated the efficiency of the use of gunpowder, but this could not be blamed on him, he was now forced to go to the hospital in a hurry.

"In my opinion, this attack needs to be well planned, and the enemy cannot be careless."

"What Gongzi Yan said is extremely true, and the general also thinks deeply, I don't know what General Baili thinks?" Gongliangwen asked, stroking his long beard.

Bailiyan stood up and walked to the administrative map of the eastern part of Posong Province hanging on the ledge, and pointed to the small city of "Kaleze" evilly.

"This is the nearest small city to Khubigon, Calezer, one hundred and seventy miles away from my western mountain, Kaleze is nearly thirty miles away from the Jinxuedi villages, thirty miles away to the eastern periphery of the Central Plains villages, the Central Plains villages are only one hundred and twenty to one hundred and fifty miles away from my west mountain.

In my opinion, if our army plundered the people of the Central Plains this time, not only would it not gain much, but if it plundered the villages of the Jinxuedi people, it would be too scattered, and our army would concentrate on attacking and plundering, and because of the large number of people, if it was scattered and plundered, it would be easy to be broken by the pursuers.

Therefore, it was thought that when the Jinxuedi people concentrated their forces near the hill of Khubigon, their hinterland was extremely empty, and the castles and small fortresses had very few troops, and there was no resistance to our army, and it was profitable to attack their small city of Calezer at this time. ”

"But in this way, our army needs to penetrate two hundred miles deep into its hinterland, and it will take nearly two hundred miles to return, and it will take at least two days to raise grain and grass, and it will take at least eight to nine days to come and go, and after eight to nine days, the barbarian army outside the valley will inevitably reinforce the enemy outside the West Mountain before our army, and then our army's return route will be cut off by it on the west bank of the West River, which will be extremely dangerous."

Su Fangyi's words hit the nail on the head, but Bai Liyan revealed his ruthless murderous intentions:

"There is a method under it, which can make the barbarian army gallop outside the lake to help the enemy army outside the West Mountain and divide the troops to fight, and it can solve the problem once and for all."

Bailiyan's words were cruel and ruthless, Su Fangyi and Gongliangwen each glanced at each other, and they didn't know what they meant by "once and for all". Su Fangyi thought for a moment and hurriedly asked:

"How to do it once and for all?"

"Slaughter the city!"

Bailiyan was straightforward, but her words shocked the four seats, and Su Fangyi was even more surprised:

"What, you're going to slaughter the city!"

"It is precisely that only the slaughter of the city by our army can force the barbarian army to rush to the aid of the enemy beyond the western mountain, and turn it into a rush to the aid of Calesser. Therefore, after our army defeated a camp of the barbarian army outside the West Mountain, it quickly pounced on the Central Plains villages on the outskirts of Calezer, seized the local Central Plains population, and coerced the Central Plains people to advance westward to Kalezé, forcing the Jinxuedi people in the villages around Kalezer to flee to Kalezer to escape the war.

Then, on the way to Calezer, our army released all the men of the Central Plains, went to plunder the nearby villages, and detained the women in the army and continued to go to Calezer, so that the men could transport the plunder to our army, and at the same time our army attacked Calezer again and slaughtered the city. At this time, if the barbarian army knew that Calezer was attacked, they would draw troops from outside the western mountain to attack.

At that time, Mr. Su will be in charge of the valley, and then attack the barbarian army outside the West Mountain, which will make it difficult to take care of it. ”

"And how do you get out of the capture of Calezer?"

Gongliangwen asked, Su Fangyi had already thought it through, and he said:

"The barbarian army galloped to the aid of Xishan from the outer lake, and it was absolutely impossible to rush all of them, at most half of the troops. At present, there are about 250,000 barbarian troops in Waihu, and 150,000 can be seen outside Xishan, and there should be more than 200,000 troops in the two provinces of Posong and Songdia to suppress and suppress the rebellion. Therefore, most of the troops outside the Waihu to the aid of Xishan are only 100,000 to 150,000, and it is absolutely impossible to have more.

And our army went out of the mountain to defeat it first, and its losses will not be few, even if there are reinforcements, it will be more than 200,000, and more than 200,000 people can cope with the soldiers and horses in our valley, but if it is divided into two, then I am afraid it will not be necessarily. ”

"What Mr. Su said is extremely true!" Bai Liyan affirmed, and then said: "Our army went to attack Caleze to force it to divide its troops. ”

"But knowing that the people of Jin Xuedi will go to rescue Calezer, why do they still slaughter the city!"

Su Fangyi's tone changed abruptly, and there was a hint of reproach. Bai Liyan's face was indifferent, without any guilt:

"The Jin Xuedi people have a population of 11,200,000 outside the Guanguan, which is seven or eight times as many as the descendants of the Central Plains outside the Guanguan, and they can levy at least 2 million young and middle-aged people, and the population of the people in the Guanguan is 50 million or even more.

Relying only on the strength of our army, not to mention whether we can return to the Central Plains, if the long-term confrontation continues, our army will be the opponent of the Jinxuedi people. Even if our army is exhausted, what if we have one enemy and ten enemies, our army will be completely annihilated by it sooner or later.

Therefore, if we want to solve its national strength once and for all, we can only solve the crisis of our army by attacking its hinterland, slaughtering its people, and exterminating its species. This can also relieve the pressure on the Central Plains coalition army and force its main army to withdraw its troops to the south, even if our army is broken to pieces.

What's more, the ferocity and bloodthirstiness of the Jin Xuedi people, and not killing, is not enough to thank the world for the righteousness of the heavens, the orthodoxy of the law, and the anger of the common people.

In addition, after the slaughter of the city, the destruction of the lives in the city will certainly give a strong deterrent to the locality, blow its morale, and destroy its production and trade canals, which will be enough to contain the large number of troops of the barbarian army, so that our army can escape. ”

"But like this, slaughtering all the old and weak women and children, how can heaven tolerate it!" Su Fangyi objected, saying that in his opinion, indiscriminate massacres were brutal and unkind, annihilating the conscience of heaven, and should not be tolerated by heaven.

At this time, Gongliangwen was silent, but he also heard Su Fangyi's meaning, and did not oppose the slaughter of the city, but he did not directly deny it, what Gongliangsong and Gongliangxiu wanted to say, but they were blocked by Gongliangwen with a look.

Bai Liyan thought for a moment and took Su Fangyi's words, and said in a deep voice:

"Slaughter men and women, slaughter the strong and not the old and the young, and the rebels, regardless of men, women, old and young, what does Mr. Su think?"

"Well, according to General Baili's plan, slaughter men and women, slaughter the strong and not the old and young, then when will the troops be dispatched?"

"There are still many trivial matters to be prepared before sending troops, and it is recommended to wait for five days first, and all armies and battalions should step up preparations and drills, especially in the camp in the valley, when they should prepare more wooden guns and thorns, widely distribute and reject horses, dig underground cave bunkers, in case of the attack of Jinxuedi people and beasts, and then discuss it after five days."

(End of chapter)