Promised?

So easily agreed to his request to send troops?

Shen Hou looked at the dog Rong Wang Huoyun in surprise.

How did he know that Huoyun had been waiting for a long time for this day, it could be said that he was thinking about it day and night, waiting left and right, this day was finally coming, could he not be happy? Can we miss another opportunity?

Definitely not.

He must make his name in history, let the dog Rong dominate the Central Plains, and let his long whip point to his own territory.

"In that case, may I ask how many soldiers and horses the king plans to send to help Xiaohou." Shenhou asked tentatively.

"Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses." Huoyun said.

Fifteen thousand soldiers?

According to Zhou Li, the Son of Heaven has six armies, three armies for large countries, and only one army for small countries. The so-called "Saturday Division" refers to the number of troops: 12,500 men in the first army, and more than 70,000 in the sixth army.

Even if the army was abandoned after Tiangong Yan succeeded to the throne today, Zhou Tianzi had at least fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses in his hands.

They have 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses, how can you take them with only 15,000 men?

So, Shenhou said: "King, Zhou Tianzi has at least fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, and the king sent fifteen thousand soldiers and horses, I'm afraid it's not an opponent?" ”

Huoyun was not surprised when he heard this, but said calmly, "Shenhou rest assured, the current Zhou royal family is no longer comparable to the past, the army has long been abandoned, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly weakened. And my army is full of warriors who can fight in battle, and I dare not say that one is ten, at least one is not a problem. Besides, in addition to my army, there is also your Shen army, which together has at least 20,000 soldiers and horses. Couldn't such an army defeat the army of a dying old man of the Zhou royal family? ”

Although Huoyun didn't take the Zhou royal family in his eyes, he was still a little worried about Shenhou, after all, their Shen Kingdom had been a courtier of the Zhou royal family for hundreds of years, and he knew that his suzerainty was not so easy to be defeated.

So Shenhou asked: "May I ask the king, how many soldiers and horses are there in the current dog Rong, why don't they all be used to deal with the Zhou royal family?" ”

"Hahaha, hahaha, does Shenhou have any doubts about my dog Rong's combat effectiveness? To tell you the truth, my dog Rong's army is far more than that, but you also know that the Zhou royal family is a suzerainty with many subject countries, in addition to dealing with the Zhou royal family itself, I also have to send nearly half of the soldiers and horses to deal with his subject countries to come to reinforcements, which also requires a lot of soldiers and horses. Therefore, I will not use all the soldiers and horses against the Zhou royal family itself. After hearing this, Shenhou knew that the reason why people sent these soldiers and horses to follow him to attack the city was also reasonable.

It seems that this Dog Rong King Huoyun has some ideas about the upcoming battle, and he also understands the situation of the Zhou royal family, and he is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight and kill.

"What the king said is right, but Xiao Hou is still a little worried, if this battle is successful, everything is easy to say, if it fails, Xiao Hou's net worth and life will be over." Shenhou said worriedly.

Since ancient times, the probability of success as a thief is generally not large, so everyone who is a thief takes this risk after putting their own net worth and life into it.

Shenhou is certainly no exception.

Now that he is ready to rebel against the Zhou royal family, of course he has to think about everything.

"Hahaha, hahaha." Huo Yun laughed loudly: "Shenhou, don't worry, we will definitely succeed in sending troops this time." As far as I know, there are only about 20,000 soldiers and horses in the current Zhou royal family, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are stationed around Hojing, one is stationed on the Qishui River, less than 100 miles west of Haojing, to prevent the invasion from Rongdi in the west, and the Lishan camp has been stationed in the east to prevent the attack of the enemy from the east. Therefore, there are not many soldiers and horses in the capital city. We sent 15,000 troops, which is enough to take Hokyo and drive away Himimiya. ”

After hearing Huoyun's words, Shenhou's eyes widened, such an important military deployment was clearly understood by Huoyun, a king of Rongdi, what else did he not know?

"The king knows so well about the affairs of the royal family, and the little marquis is very surprised. However, even if there are only 20,000 people in the city at the moment, we will not be able to take the city with 20,000 troops. As far as Xiaohou knows, in general, if you want to take the opponent's city, you must at least three times more soldiers and horses to attack. In other words, if we want to take the pickaxe capital with 20,000 defenders, we need at least 60,000 soldiers and horses. The king sent 20,000 troops, can he take Hojing? ”

Speaking of which, Shenhou was still not at ease that Huoyun did not devote the whole country to dealing with the Zhou royal family.

Shenhou is Shenhou, he has his ideas; The fire cloud is the fire cloud, and people have their own plans.

In Huoyun's opinion, this time he came with the intention of destroying the Zhou royal family, so he distributed his soldiers and horses, part of which was used to attack Hojing, and the other part was also used to attack the defenders around the royal family, at least to prevent other armies from coming to reinforce Hojing.

Even if it's a bet, you can't all press on one treasure, otherwise once you fail, it will definitely be a loss.

What's more, there are about 30,000 soldiers and horses in the current Dog Rong, occupying the entire northern part of Guanzhong, which can be said to be the largest tribe in all Rongdi. It should be a good battle plan to take out 15,000 men to attack Hojing, and use the other soldiers and horses to deal with the vassal states around Hokyo and the defenders around the royal city.

Since people have long thought about how to deal with the Zhou royal family in the south, what else can Shenhou say? had no choice but to say: "Since the king has such a deep grasp of the situation of the Zhou royal family, Xiaohou will no longer say anything. ”

"Okay, Shenhou has worked hard all the way, please rest early." Huoyun raised his right hand and motioned for Shenhou to go down and rest.

At this time, a cleanly dressed dog woman standing on the edge of the big tent stepped forward and led Shen Hou out of the big tent.

After Shenhou left, the dog king Huoyun did not rest.

How could he sleep with such excited news?

"The king, do you really want to attack the Zhou royal family?" General Zuo beside him said.

"How can there be a fake, all these years, we have been recuperating all these years, what is the so-called thing, isn't it so that we can eliminate the Zhou royal family today? Now that the opportunity has finally come, how can we let it go. Huoyun said.

"Yes, the king is right, today's Zhou royal family is no longer the Zhou royal family of his father Ji Jing's time, he has long been a dying old man who is strong on the outside and dry in the middle, as long as we push lightly, he will fall immediately." The right general said with a smile.

Although his subordinates laughed at the current Zhou royal family, the dog Rong King Huoyun did not laugh at the Zhou royal family like them, but said thoughtfully: "Although the current Zhou royal family is insignificant, we still don't underestimate them. As the saying goes, the dead camel is bigger than the horse, the Zhou royal family has been around for hundreds of years, and his vassal states are all over the Central Plains, and the slightest mistake in the battle may lead to a complete loss. Therefore, when you use soldiers, you still have to be cautious and think clearly about everything you can think of before you do it. ”

In the past, it was about the upper army to attack the plan, the second to attack the enemy, the second to attack the army, and the next to attack the city. Today, we will talk about despising the enemy strategically and attaching importance to the enemy tactically. In fact, there is a truth, that is, when fighting a war, we must attach importance to the enemy and must not take the enemy lightly.

The reason why the dog Rong has grown into a hegemonic tribe among these Rongdi tribes is not unrelated to their cautious actions.

(End of chapter)