"The generals must be wondering, the Jinliang battle is not once or twice, in the past, the two armies only focused on one result, but they were not interested in the process."

"However, this time Lone is very interested in the process of fighting, why do you think this is?" In the Wuying Palace, Yang Wu asked the generals with a smile.

Li Chengsi and the others looked at each other, and they all had some doubts on their faces, obviously not understanding the reason.

At this time, Guo Chongtao stood up and bowed down and replied: "The king's meaning should be to let everyone see the process of the battle between the Liang army, which is dominated by infantry, and the Jin army, which has a large number of cavalry, on the plain, so that everyone can learn the lessons, right?" ”

Yang Wu nodded, threw an approving look at Guo Chongtao and said, "Not bad!" As you know, although our army has been able to sweep through the major forces in the south so far, it has not fallen behind even in the process of confrontation with the Liang army. ”

"However, in these battles, both sides of the enemy and us are dominated by infantry, and the terrain restrictions are not conducive to the use of cavalry, so our army does not have much experience in fighting with the enemy's cavalry brigade on the plain."

And in the next battle, no matter which side of Jin and Liang wins, it will give us enough warning and experience! ”

"Bring it on!" Yang Wu motioned to Cheng Xun, and after a while, several guards walked in with a huge sand table, put the sand table down, and then retreated.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the topographic map of the world drawn by the Lone faction, on which the mountains, flatlands, rivers, and so on are drawn. Of course, this map is still very rough today, and many of the terrain depictions are not realistic, but it is enough to demonstrate some battle examples! ”

The sand table existed during the Han Dynasty, but it was not carried forward later, and the most important reason was the technical limitations.

In this era when there was no concept of scale, and distance measurement was basically on foot, and there was a lack of accurate data, the maps drawn were naturally extremely sketchy and distorted, which was very different from later maps.

When Yang Wu first saw the map of this era, it took a lot of effort to get used to it; Later, he sent someone to draw a map according to his memory, combined with the geography books of this era, etc., and marked the place names of this era.

Although it was drawn by Yang Wu according to his own memory, the accuracy was still not high, but Yang Wu seemed to feel much more comfortable.

The sand table in front of him was also drawn according to his memory, plus some records in the geographical chronicles, and the roughness was also extremely high, but the people present were amazed after seeing it.

"This is Hebei, this is Xingzhou, this is Zhaozhou, this is Zhaozhou......" Yang Wu pointed to the places on the sand table with a long wooden stick to signal to everyone.

"As you can see, this is a plain area, and apart from a few rivers that can be used to hold back the enemy, there is no undulating terrain to take advantage of."

"The advantage of the Liang army is that there are more troops, and the infantry army is more elite, especially the two armies of Longxiang and Shenjie, which are the elite of a hundred battles, and the best soldiers in the Liang army."

"However, the defect of the Liang army is the lack of cavalry, and it will be at a great disadvantage in the flat terrain of Hebei!"

The Long Xiang Army was originally the elite cavalry unit of the Liang Army, but after the Battle of Luzhou, Zhu Wen made some adjustments to the Long Xiang Army.

Nowadays, most of the cavalry of the Liang State was not concentrated for use, but dispersed into armies.

And among those cavalry that were concentrated, they were mainly in the hands of Yang Shihou, who was stationed in Shaanzhou.

In this way, although the 70,000 troops led by Wang Yanzhang have a large number of troops, the cavalry among them is extremely rare.

"The characteristics of the Jin army are just the opposite, and they have a great advantage in cavalry."

Yang Wu personally explained to everyone, and at the same time ordered someone to bring up the map of Hebei, pointing to the area of Baixiang and saying to everyone: "Back then, Zhao Kuo talked about soldiers on paper and was laughed at by people all over the world; Today, we might as well have a paper talk, and everyone can talk freely! ”

The crowd burst out laughing.

"General Li, you used to command the cavalry all the year round in Hedong, and the two generals Shi Yan and Hou Zan also have a lot of experience in cavalry command. Today, the three of you will command the Jin army, by the way, Guo Chongtao, you are also from Hedong, and you also join the side of the Jin army to give advice to General Li and the three of them; The rest of the people will command the Liang army in the future, how about everyone come and fight on this sand table? Yang Wu suggested with a smile.

Although it was the first time that the sand table deduction exercise was conducted, there had often been map deduction in the training of senior cadets in military academies in the past, and some combat examples that had already occurred were demonstrated, so it was not surprising that all the generals present had heard of it.

However, in addition to some classic battles in history, there are many battles that the generals present have experienced, such as the Battle of Qingkou that year, and the Battle of Ivory Pond commanded by Zhou Ben three years ago.

Today, however, we are going to use the rehearsal for a war that has not yet happened, and all the generals present will also go into battle to practice in person, so they are all very interested.

"King, our generals are either playing the generals of the Liang army or the generals of the Jin army, which side are you joining, king?" At this time, Qin Pei asked with a smile.

"Lonely? As a referee, Lone is in the middle of your arbitration, so naturally neither side will join! Yang Wu said.

"King, how can you be a referee? The king should be in person! Li Chengsi said with a smile.

Zhou Ben also rarely coaxed on the side: "That's it, how can the king not participate?" If the last general said, this sand table deduction should be joined by one more party, that is, the Wu army commanded by the king! ”

"If the king leads the Wu army into battle, then the other two armies will not flee in despair......" someone hid in the corner and screamed, causing the generals to burst into laughter.

Yang Wu saw that the atmosphere was warm, so he just smiled and didn't say anything.

No matter which side wins the next battle, it is acceptable for Wu Guo.

After all, the overall situation of Jin Liang's struggle for hegemony will not change because of this battle.

Although the historical Battle of Baixiang completely reversed the situation between the two sides, at that time, the Jin State was already prospering, and the Liang State was already in decline; In addition, Li Cunqiao is young and vigorous, while Zhu Wen is old.

It can be said that even if there is no battle of Baixiang, there will be some other battle that will completely change the situation on both sides, at most it will be a change in time and place.

It is precisely for this reason that the confrontation and struggle for hegemony between the two sides will certainly continue.

However, the state of Wu has made smooth progress in the past few years, not only completely taking Jiangxi and Fujian, but also suppressing the state of Chu, and forcing Lu Guangchou, Liu Yin and others to come and surrender.

As long as there is no major turmoil in the future, then the unification of the south by Wu is a foregone conclusion; That's why the crowd here can joke so easily.

After laughing for a while, Yang Wu waved his hand to signal the generals to calm down: "Okay, generals, let's start deducing now." An army must have a commander, considering that you are numerous and of equal rank, so I will help you appoint a commander! ”

When the generals heard this, they hurriedly looked at Yang Wu solemnly, and all of them showed a look of hope on their faces.

Yang Wu looked at Li Chengsi with a smile and said, "General Li, you are a privy envoy, and you were a famous general in the Jin army at the beginning, how about you being the commander of the Jin army?" ”

"Obey orders!" Li Chengsi bowed and said.

"You three don't have any opinions, do you?" Yang Wu then looked at Shi Yan, Hou Zan and Guo Chongtao.

"The last general has no opinion!" The three of them hurriedly replied.

The Jin army is very easy to do here, Li Chengsi was Shi Yan's boss back then, and Hou Zhan's qualifications and prestige are even inferior to Shi Yan, so naturally he can't compete with Li Chengsi; As for Guo Chongtao, he is just a military advisor who gives advice, and it is impossible for him to be the commander.

However, on the side of the Liang army, it is not so easy to formulate a commander.

Although this is just a deduction, to a certain extent, even if it is only a deduction of the commander, it can also explain the position of the generals in Yang Wu's heart, so the generals will attach great importance to this commander.

Yang Wu naturally understood their thoughts, but how could he make such a low-level mistake and only appoint one commander and make others unhappy?

He looked at Zhou Ben, Qin Pei, Zhu Jin and the others: "Among the Liang army, there are three main generals, Wang Yanzhang, Han Qing, and Li Si'an, but there are a large number of you present, so we will deduce it in two rounds." The first round was attended by three generals, Zhou Ben, Qin Pei, and Zhu Jin, and the other generals served as referees along with Gu, and they also paid a lot of attention to the dispatch of troops on both sides and learned the lessons. ”

"As for the second round, there are Chai Zaiyong, Lu Shizhou and Yan Ke begging the three of you to come. The rest of the generals are the same, serving as referees together with Lone! ”

"King, you haven't said who will be the main and who will be the deputy!" Zhou Ben and the three of them glanced at each other and asked.

In matters in the army, absolute obedience is required, and only one person can give orders, and the others can only make suggestions at most, so as to ensure that there will be no confusion in military orders.

Therefore, in the case of a large-scale dispatch of the Wu army, unless the troops are divided into several places and each does not interfere, one of the generals will generally be appointed as the commander-in-chief to be responsible for military orders.

"You are all managers, you can all express your opinions, as for whose method is ultimately adopted, it is up to you to discuss it yourself!" Yang Wu said with a smile.

"What? How can this work? This is also too unfair to Liang Jun! Chai Zaiyong frowned.

"Fair? There is no such thing as absolute fairness on the battlefield! Yang Wu said disapprerovingly: "What's more, Lone's arrangement is in line with the actual situation!" ”

The generals were stunned.

Yan Keqiu's heart moved, and he explained with a smile: "What the king said is very true, in the Jin army, the Jin king Li Cunqiao personally led the army, so naturally he gave orders; However, among the Liang army, although the coach is Wang Yanzhang, don't forget that Wang Yanzhang is just a newcomer with little seniority and prestige after all, while Han Qing and Li Si'an are both meritorious veterans, and they may not be convinced by Wang Yanzhang. Therefore, the king's arrangement is in line with the actual situation! ”