As time passed, the armies of Tokugawa and Northwestern Counties began to raise their alert levels and began to conduct targeted training.

On October 13, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Du ordered that the First Army Corps and the Second Army Corps of Tokugawa County, as well as the cavalry division of Shangguan Yonglun, went to the border area with the Beihun people, and as for the security of the two counties, all of them were handed over to the garrison corps, and now the garrison corps of Tokugawa County and Northwest County has 200,000 personnel, and this number can fully guarantee the safety of the two counties.

On October 15, the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, Qin Dui stayed in the conference room, looking at the large map on the wall and thinking carefully, there was a more detailed topographic map on the desk, Qin Dui had been thinking about these two maps for a long time.

The strength of the Huns has been basically determined, the 600,000 army is more than double the number of troops at Qin Dui's disposal, and some of Qin Du's army has to be stationed in the border area with Meishan and Longdong counties to prevent the invasion of the rebels.

Among the 600,000 troops sent out by the Huns this time, there were about 200,000 ironclad cavalry, about 200,000 light infantry, about 100,000 light cavalry, and about 100,000 hoplites, which seemed quite large, but Qin Duan was full of confidence in this war.

The efficiency of the intelligence department under the command of Liu Ru is is quite high, of course, it also has a lot to do with Qin Duan's large investment, and Liu Ru asked for a lot of funds and excellent personnel here for Qin Duan.

The enemy's newly formed expedition to the east was based on the original expedition to the west, and the original expedition to the west suffered heavy losses in the seventh Tengger war with the Chidi people, although it was replenished immediately after the war, but the veterans who had only been trained for a few months still had a certain difference in combat effectiveness, although the young and middle-aged nomads were often trained.

Compared to their own side, the strength of the troops has increased several times compared to the Tokugawa Defense War the year before. And also obtained a large number of excellent Gaoshan people as hoplites, although we are still at a disadvantage in numbers, but Qin Duan still firmly believes that it is completely possible to defeat the invading enemy, the problem is how to solve this battle perfectly, and to get more benefits from this battle.

Qin Duan made a detailed analysis of the personal situation sent by the intelligence officers about the current general of the Huns, Ukola, who was known as the first fierce general of the Huns. But his exploits were mainly established in the war for supremacy with other nomads in the Tengger steppe.

Qin Du carefully understood his character and every war he participated in and found that he was brave in battle, especially good at leading ironclad cavalry in battle, but he also had a weakness, that is, he used surprising few tactics in previous wars, and generally used face-to-face frontal attacks to defeat the enemy and win, perhaps because the nomads themselves valued winning with real strength.

Moreover, intelligence showed that he was not familiar with the situation in the east, and was dismissive of the strength of his neighbor to the east, that is, the imperial army, believing that the imperial army was weak in combat and could not confront the regular army of the Hungarians. Therefore, he was sarcastic and sarcastic about Harry's defeat in the east the year before last, and this time he personally went out to conquer the east, and he was even more determined to win.

According to this information, Qin Duan already had a general outline of the basic direction of this battle in his heart, but whether to really adopt his own ideas, Qin Duan thought that he was still making a decision after discussing with his subordinates, after all, this battle was a matter of great importance, and there was no room for mistakes.

Given the importance of the program. Qin Duan also wanted to know what Zhuge Fang, who was far away in the Northwest County, thought of this plan, but because the Northwest County was now mainly relying on him to preside over the overall situation. Qin Du was worried that something would happen if he left Northwest County, and after thinking about it again, he felt that it was better to let Zhuge stay in Northwest County, and at the same time wrote a letter about his thoughts and the reasons for the formation of his thoughts, ordering him to send them to Zhuge in Northwest County, asking him to think carefully and give his opinion as much as possible. Give it back to me.

The pre-war military conference was held in the conference room of the city and county government as usual, and in addition to the officers at and above the rank of deputy division commander of the army, the participants also invited Liang Qiming, Mu Ziqi, Liu Rushi, Li Xiangjun, and other key posts to attend.

Prior to the meeting, Qin Duan had already made necessary adjustments to the personnel of the army according to the needs, mainly the personnel at the level of deputy division commander and above of the two corps. Chen Deming of the First Division under the First Army Corps was the division commander, Yu Fei was the deputy division commander, Liu Wu of the Second Division was the division commander, Liu Yuan was the deputy division commander, the third division was the women's division Li Hua was the division commander, Mi Li was the deputy division commander, Cao Chongyue of the Fourth Division was the division commander, Zhong Wu was the deputy division commander, Zhao Zhongyao was the commander of the Fifth Division, and Chen Yongming was the deputy division commander.

Wang Dahai, commander of the 1st Division under the 2nd Army, Ka Ke, deputy division commander, Hua Mulan, commander of the 2nd Division, Yu Hong, deputy division commander, Ma San, commander of the 3rd Division, Li Yu, deputy division commander, Lin Hai, commander of the 4th Division, Deng Ye, deputy division commander, and the 5th Division, Luo Chen, the former deputy commander of the 2nd Division, served as the division commander, and Mu Kai, a member of the Gaoshan tribe, served as the deputy division commander.

When everyone in the meeting entered the room, they were attracted by the layout of the room. In addition to the large map arranged by Zhuge Fang in the last meeting, which is still hanging on the wall, a large wooden platform is placed in the center of the conference room, and a lifelike miniature model of the terrain is placed on the platform, with mountains, rivers, forests, flat land, hills, slopes, and roads, which is obviously a miniature model of a specific place.

This is also Qin Duan's inspiration from the detailed map prepared by Zhuge Fang last time, considering that if a three-dimensional model can be made according to the location of the battlefield, wouldn't it be more intuitive to show the geographical environment of the battlefield? This also makes it easier for the battlefield commander to make decisions based on the characteristics of the terrain.

So Qin Dui asked the War Readiness Department to find a few craftsmen to vividly simulate the location chosen by Qin Dui to prepare for a decisive battle with the Huns according to the situation reported by Qin Dui's comprehensive intelligence officers, and combined with the map.

These are all the help of Qin Duan's memories in his previous life, compared to the war movies in his previous life, there are many war movies on TV, this kind of war status sand and mud model is often seen, and this model is not difficult to make, but it is very practical.

In fact, as early as two months ago, Qin Duan was thinking about a war with the Huns, since a war with the Huns was inevitable, it was necessary to plan as soon as possible, so on the one hand, Qin Du asked the intelligence department to collect all aspects of intelligence, and on the other hand, he was also considering whether to conduct a field duel with the Huns or use the strong city defense facilities of Tokugawa Prefecture for defensive operations.

These two modes of warfare have their own advantages and disadvantages, the use of city defense facilities for defensive operations, can avoid the enemy's superior arms - ironclad cavalry, the Huns' ironclad heavy cavalry is the most conducive to fighting in the flat terrain, whether it is light infantry or heavy infantry in the face of the impact of large-scale ironclad cavalry, will inevitably suffer great losses, and even be broken through the defensive line, causing a rout.

Although Qin Duan successfully formed a hoplite division dominated by the Gaoshan people, after all, the training time was still short, and whether it could resist the impact of the Huns' ironclad cavalry remained to be tested by facts. Moreover, the enemy's strength far exceeds that of his own side, and in the event of defeat, the enemy's cavalry superiority will also be fully utilized, and his own side is even in danger of being completely annihilated.

If you choose a field battle, you can determine the place of the decisive battle on your own side, and you can choose the place of war at the border of the country, so as to avoid the damage to the local economy caused by the war.

And if you choose to fight defensively, other places outside the city will inevitably be ravaged by the Humble and Hungarian invading army, and the economy that you have worked so hard to develop will suffer heavy losses, which is also something that Qin Duan is extremely unwilling to see.

Moreover, the enemy came prepared this time, and also purchased a large number of siege weapons from foreign countries in advance, the Famini Empire has always been founded on infantry, the country has advanced science and technology, developed industry, and the siege weapons produced are of high quality and high price, and the performance is outstanding, which is a great threat to the defending side. In this way, it will also increase the difficulty of one's own defense in a large way, and the price paid will be much greater.

But there are many advantages to choosing defensive operations, first choose defense, you can make full use of solid city defense facilities including a variety of defensive weapons, can greatly kill and injure the attacking side, now the offensive battle, the general offensive and defensive force losses are more than 2:1, if the defending side has a strong defensive capability, this proportion will be higher. This percentage decreases if the attacking side has an advantage in siege facilities.

In short, there are advantages and disadvantages to choosing field warfare and urban defensive warfare, which makes it a little difficult for Qin Duan to choose. Choosing defensive operations, although the Huns have the advantage of troops, although they have also purchased a large number of advanced siege equipment, but the construction of Tokugawa's city defense is not the day before, after more than a year of updating, strengthening and improving, I dare not say that it is indestructible, but if you want to capture, I am afraid it is not easy, not to mention that the strength of Qin Dui's current army is not Wuxia Amun, so if you choose defensive operations, Qin Dui himself has absolute certainty to repel the attack of the Huns, but the economic and military losses in Tokugawa are certainly not a small number.

Choosing a field battle, the first thing Qin Dufang will face will be the newly formed hoplite division, if his side can resist the impact of the superior ironclad heavy cavalry of the Huns, his side will occupy the initiative.

However, the enemy's cavalry advantage is too obvious, although there are not many hoplites, but they can rely on the numerical superiority of light infantry to make up for it, and the cavalry on their side is still a certain gap with the Huns in terms of quality and quantity, so even if they resist the impact of the opponent's cavalry, the outcome of the war is still unknown.

It wasn't until a large amount of intelligence feedback from the intelligence department came back that a vague idea gradually formed in Qin Duan's mind, although this idea was a bit risky, but it also had a certain basis, and he could give full play to the advantages of his army and win by surprise, but whether it was feasible or not needed to be demonstrated at this meeting. (To be continued......)