Chapter 126. Militaristic events (medium).
Before, after speculating about the possible invasion of the Di clan, Xiao Mo was thinking about how to deal with it, but Xiao Mo found that in the case of the two countries fighting in the changing times, the strength of one person is too insignificant, even if he has the advantage of a traverser. 【Reading.com】
So, Xiao Mo couldn't help but start to put himself in the position of the person in power, thinking about what to do if he was presiding over the anti-Di thing, although it was only an occasional fantasy, but after a year, he also thought of a few good ways.
Therefore, in the face of the Eight Sages King's inquiry, Xiao Mo almost opened his mouth, but looking at the Eight Sages King looking at himself with a smile, Xiao Mo regretted it slightly in his heart, with the knowledge and experience of the Eight Sage Kings, I am afraid that he had already come up with countless countermeasures, and he was suspected of having an axe on a whim.
But now that the words had been spoken, Xiao Mo didn't think much about it anymore, and under the gaze of the Eight Sage Kings, he slowly told the Eight Sages Kings all the countermeasures he had thought of in the past year.
"The reason why the Di tribe will invade my Dachu this time is that the ambition of the leader of the Nandi tribe is on the one hand, but the most fundamental reason is that the northern grasslands have been drought for many years, and many tribes on the grassland have reached the point where they can no longer survive and can only survive by plundering. And the three strategies in the hearts of the younger generations all come from this. ”
"The first policy is called discord. The younger generation guessed that although the Nadi tribe is now the overlord of the grassland, and Nandi is the suzerain of the Di tribe, my great Chu has accumulated power for a hundred years, and there are still people's hearts, and they will not dare to invade just with the power of one tribe, or the power of one tribe.
According to the thoughts of the younger generations, the Nanqiu tribe is afraid that Yu Duan will use the lure and coercion to set up a joint attack with the Khitan, Xianbei, and Murowei tribes on the grassland. And the places of the Qizhu, Suzao, and Murowei clans will follow Nandi to invade my Great Chu, in addition to hindering Nandi's obscenity, but also because of their own lack of food. ”
Therefore, when the prince inspected the northern land this time, he could send a big boy envoy to the grassland tribes. Many grassland peoples other than the Di people showed their affection, looked for words to comfort, lured them to benefit, promised to fund them with grain and grass in the future, and at the same time, they also showed their authority, showed the strength of Da Chu, and let them understand the consequences of offending Da Chu. After all, the prestige of Da Chu is still there, and I think that under such a rigid and soft situation, after the autumn harvest, the grassland people who will join the Di clan to invade my Dazu land will be much less, and the pressure on my Da Chu will be reduced a lot.
"Similarly, the Di tribe Gangzhou Tongchang, the war has subsided, and the people's hearts are insufficient, although the Nanqiu tribe is dominant, but the other Di tribes are not dead to Nandi Hand. At the same time that the prince sent envoys to the Murwei and other tribes, he also sent envoys to visit the tribal leaders within the Gu Di tribe, intimidating each other with strong authority, comforting each other with soft words, tempting with interests, and at the same time arousing contradictions within them, and even supporting these counties to compete with Nandi for the position of the suzerain of the Di tribe. "If these tribes agree to cooperate with us when we send secret envoys to visit the tribes within the tribe, then it will be fine, and if they do not agree, then we will be so big that we will spread the matter of the secret talks between the envoys and the leaders of the tribes, so that the leaders of the Nandi tribes will be suspicious of these tribes and dare not entrust them with important tasks." "All in all, the strategy of discord is to weaken the threat of the grassland peoples to my Great Chu as much as possible, and disturb their hearts, if they have not invaded my Great Chu before, the internal chaos is the best." Listening to Xiao Mo's first strategy, the Eight Sages King's eyes lit up, and he smiled with his palms: "Great goodness, Zirou is really talented." With this strategy, it can be said that it is a soldier who surrenders without a fight, and my Da Chu's chances of victory are much less than thirty percent. "Actually, Xiao Mo's strategy of discord has already been thought of by the Eight Sage Kings, but Xiao Mo Niu Ji is gentle, and he can think so well and safely, which makes the Eight Sage Kings uncontrollable.
Xiao Mo's expression was still calm and calm, and he was not a little proud because of the praise of the Eight Sage Kings, he just nodded lightly, and then said: "The second strategy of the junior is called the broken finger. ”
The ancients said that it is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers. The second strategy of the younger generation is precisely from this, although it is a single policy, but it complements the policy of discord.
"After the discord strategy, if the Qiu clan will still lead the grassland counties to attack, when my Great Chu is in close contact with them, I can spare a horse to other tribes, show mercy to my subordinates, try to avoid battles, and reduce casualties on both sides. However, when facing the Nandi tribe, it is necessary to concentrate on the head-on attack and cause casualties as much as possible. ”
In this way, when the Nandi tribe finds that their casualties are very different from the casualties of other counties, in order to maintain their strength, they will inevitably drive other tribes to be the vanguard, and at that time, after the other tribes see Nanqiu's casualties, they will inevitably complain because of Nandi Handluo's drive to him, or refuse to accept orders, or do not contribute to work, and the contradictions between each other will increase, and the combat power will naturally be greatly reduced, and at the same time, the Nandi tribe first saw that the casualties of other tribes were not commensurate with their casualties, and then saw that these tribes did not obey the command, Thinking of the various rumors we have spread before, we will inevitably be suspicious of other tribes, in order to preserve their strength and maintain their status as the overlord of the grassland, I am afraid that they will not dare to fight with my Great Chu, and at that time, my Great Chu will protect himself without worry. Hearing Xiao Mo's second strategy, the Eight Sages King was even more amazed and praised again and again.
In fact, even the Eight Sages themselves did not think of a broken finger.
Originally, in response to the invasion of the Yu Di clan, the Eight Sages King also had three vehicles in his heart, and after listening to Xiao Mo's first strategy, he thought that Xiao Mo's three strategies were all the same as his own, but he didn't expect Xiao Mo to think of a wonderful strategy that even he didn't expect.
The Finger Cutting Technique was originally just a soldier commonly used by the soldiers, and the Eight Sages Wang Kai didn't care about it, but he didn't expect that after the Finger Cutting Finger Strategy and the Divisive Strategy were used at the same time, the effect was actually better, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "Okay, with the Finger Breaking Strategy, my Da Chu's chances of winning will increase by two percent." Ran plus my Great Chu's 200,000 troops in the northern states! The odds of winning have passed ninety percent, and this time the Dundee clan is destined to return home. After finishing speaking, the Eight Sages King looked up to the sky and laughed, and in the excitement, the fatigue of his face was greatly reduced.
These days, because of the invasion of the Di people, the Eight Sages King always has a certain uneasiness in his heart, and the various performances of the civil and military forces of the Chu Dynasty make him even more cold, so he specially asked Chu Linglu for the errand of the Northern Tour, and took charge of the military, political and defense affairs of the northern states.
But at this moment, when he heard Xiao Mo's two strategies, plus the two strategies he had thought of, he felt that the matter of dealing with the northern Di clan was already nine out of ten, and he couldn't help but be very happy.
However, compared to the happiness of the Eight Sage Kings, Xiao Mo did not have such a view.
In fact, the two strategies mentioned by Xiao Mo were both based on the fact that the army of the Chu Dynasty still had a certain strength.
If the army of the Chu Dynasty has been so corrupted that it has no combat power over the years, and when it fights with the Di people, not only has it failed to cause effective casualties to Nandi, but it will collapse at the touch of a button, then not only will the finger cut off have no effect, but the effect achieved by the previous divisive strategy will also be lost in an instant.
Many ethnic tribes on the grassland like to take wolves as totems, and their temperament is no different from wolves, that is, ruthless, but also bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.
If the combat power of the Chu Dynasty army is too low, then the tribal peoples who have reached an agreement with the Chu Dynasty before will probably tear up the treaty without hesitation, and then participate in the war with the Chu Dynasty with a more ferocious and greedy mentality than Nandi.
Looking at the Eight Sage Kings who were quite excited, Xiao Mo sighed secretly.
Compared with other ministers of the Chu Dynasty, the Eight Sages King was already a person with a very long-term vision, and he, like Xiao Mo, also had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Chu Dynasty's army.
But I'm afraid that even the Eight Sages King would never think that the Chu Dynasty army was already eroded to the point of being vulnerable.
However, for this point, Xiao Mo was most worried.
Xiao Mo hesitated for a moment, then sighed: "The third strategy of the younger generation, the stone is to break the cauldron, but it is used when the war is unexpected and unfavorable in the future.
Hearing Xiao Mo's third strategy, although the Eight Sages King was still listening with a smile, he was a little disappreciative in his heart, but because of his good cultivation and attention to Xiao Mo, he didn't show it, but nodded and motioned for Xiao Mo to continue.
"If the strength of Nandi is beyond our imagination and the war is unfavorable, then please make up your mind to transfer all the grain and food stored in the northern states to the south, set fire to all the fields that have not yet been harvested, open the official treasury of the states, and put silver to pay the soldiers who got off the car, so as to reward the soldiers to fight desperately. In this way, when those steppe peoples found that if they continued to fight, not only would they not gain anything, but would suffer heavy casualties, they would no longer have the will to fight, and when the time came, it would be time to sit down and negotiate peace.
Glancing at the Eight Sages King, he saw that he was still listening carefully, but Xiao Mo was not sure whether he really took this cauldron to heart, so he couldn't help but continue to add: "In the eyes of the younger generation, this battle with the Nadi tribe and other grassland peoples, the victory is certainly happy, with the prince in person, it is naturally a great hope, but the defeat is not unacceptable, after all, those horse nations are all natural cavalry, and my Great Chu army has not experienced a major war for more than a hundred years. But the most terrifying thing is that it is too easy for these nomads on the grassland to win, and after a pause, Xiao Mo continued: "The nomads on the grassland are all people who bully the weak and fear the hard, as long as they find that the opponent is weak and can be bullied, then they will bite and hold on until the opponent is completely killed and turned into food, and they will not stop." Therefore, in this battle, it doesn't matter if you win or lose, the important thing is to play the military might of my Great Chu, even if you lose, you must make the tribes on the grassland pay a considerable price!! It is more than: the first today! There are three more in the back, and the fourth one is probably postponed to after the early morning, so please forgive me