"Fu Di, the night owls of Jincheng County have sent back a message that Xue Ju has decided to send troops to reinforce us, and a total of 30,000 troops will be assembled and ready to go north in a few days. You're really right this time, it seems that it's a bit condescending to call you a staff officer all along, or I'll call you a god from now on. Li Wen handed over a piece of information translated by the night owl who stayed in the headquarters to Zhuang Fudi and said.

Zhuang Fudi was busy deducing on the sand table at this time, trying not to make any fatal mistakes in his plan. At this time, there was no time to joke with Li Wen, but everyone was in a room, and after all, Li Wen could not be allowed to come to the stage, so Zhuang Fudi asked Li Wen symbolically without raising his head:

"Then what about the 30,000 troops sent by Xue Ju this time led by one of his henchmen? For such an important matter, Xue Ju should not be at ease to let ordinary people lead the army to come to the aid of Wuwei County. Let me guess, Zong Luohu or Zhong Lishu? Anyway, it won't be Xue Rengao, the crown prince of their Qin State, right? ”

"Xue Rengao? Xue Rengao will not come, Xue Ju will definitely not let him personally risk himself to fight this battle that will not necessarily be won. If Xue Rengao appears on the battlefield one day, he will also appear on a battlefield that can definitely win. so that he can accumulate some capital for himself to suppress the ministers after ascending to the throne, not to mention that Xue Ju's son Xue Renyue is already serving under the account of the governor? It is enough to have a hostage in the governor's place, Zhong Lishu is quelling the rebellion of the newly subdued county governments for Xue Ju at this time, and at the same time has to defend against Li Yuan's forces in the southeast, so he can't spare the time to lead the army north at this time. Li Wen saw that Zhuang Fudi did not seem to be very interested in what he said, so he lit the information in his hand on the candlestick on the side, and then threw it in the brazier and waited for it to burn on its own, and at the same time continued to Zhuang Fudi:

"You're usually quite funny, and you can talk and laugh, but you can get along. But the biggest problem with you is that once you want to do something, the whole person becomes like a piece of wood, unsmiling and lifeless. But I won't worry about these things with you, so I'll tell you directly, the commander of the 30,000 troops sent to aid us this time is Zong Luohu, an absolute confidant under Xue Ju's account. ”

Zhuang Fudi paused when he heard the movement of his hand here, then stopped the deduction, put down the putter in his hand and raised his head, looked at Li Wen in surprise: "Zong Luohu? Did you follow the governor to discover the leader of the rebel army, Zong Luohu, who had secretly built weapons and looted the local people's fat and ointment, before the governor took charge? ”

"Yes, yes, this is the person. After the chief manager and him saw through the conspiracy of the two Li Liang brothers, he promoted him to serve under Xue Ju's account. Over the years, he has helped Xue Ju to fight in the south and the north, and to expand the territory, which can be regarded as a lot of credit at this time. was regarded by Xue Ju as one of his henchmen. Even sometimes let his eldest son Xue Rengao follow Zong Luohu and learn from him about commanding troops and training some matters. Li Wen saw that Zhuang Fudi actually knew about Zong Luohu, so he was also a little curious to introduce some things about Zong Luohu to Zhuang Fudi.

"It seems that Xue Ju really wants to win this battle to defend Wuwei, and he knows that if he rashly sends a general who is not familiar with us, it is likely to cause some unnecessary misunderstandings between the two armies. And these small misunderstandings may directly lead to the defeat of this defense battle. That's why he sent Zong Luohu, who had some friendship with the governor, to come in person with his troops. After confirming that the Zong Luohu in Li Wen's mouth was the Zhongzong Luohu he knew in his mind, Zhuang Fudi said to Li Wen with a smile.

"No matter who you send, as long as Xue Ju wants us to win this war. Then no matter who they send, they will do their best to participate in the next combat mission, and they will definitely not ignore the overall situation because of some trivial things. ”

"To say this at this point is to go a little far. Since Zong Luohu personally led the troops here, the camp we prepared for Xue Ju's army could not be done in a hasty manner like before. After all, Zong Luohu is still a friend of our manager, and this bit of face still has to be given to him. Therefore, the next step is to trouble Lord Li to clean up the camp prepared for Xue Ju's army in advance, at least to save face. Zhuang Fudi instructed Li Wen to say.

"Naturally, you don't need to elaborate on these things, I will definitely arrange for everyone to do them properly. After all, when the chief steward and Zong Luohu arrested Hulu together, I, as a retainer of the governor, also acted with Zong Luohu. You can rest assured that you can just win every battle and leave the rest of the logistics to me. After Li Wen said that, he turned around and left the headquarters directly, and found the corresponding officials in Wuwei County to rearrange and repair the military camp prepared for Xue Jujun.

After Zhuang Fudi saw Li Wen leave the headquarters, he picked up the push rod again, and on the sand table in front of him, he repeatedly deduced his plan, and at the same time, with the help of several staff officers brought by his peers. A wider variety of possible reactions of the Eastern Turkic and Liang coalition forces were envisaged, and more planned deductions were made to deduce the different outcomes that would emerge.

In the military academy in Li Wenyuan's territory, there have always been two staff factions comparing with each other, and no one is convinced. One of these two factions is that it is the duty of the staff officer to make all the military information as clear as possible, that is, to make the enemy act as he envisages in his plan by all kinds of military and other means. Step by step, he will put the whole head under the butcher's knife of the executioner, and finally the executioner will cut off the deadliest knife to defeat the enemy.

The other faction is led by Zhuang Fudi, who believes that there are many uncontrollable factors on the battlefield, and it is very irrational to bet on the success or defeat of a war on the coincidence of these uncontrollable factors. It is not a choice that a staff officer should make, so he prefers to take out all the situations that may be encountered in a war as a single battle to study and formulate relevant battle plans. In this way, once some uncontrollable factors occur that cause the war to deviate from the expected, your side can come up with a corresponding plan prepared in advance at any time, so that the army can implement it in time and avoid or minimize the losses caused by these accidents.

(End of chapter)