Just when everyone was guessing about the model on the desk, Qin Duan motioned for everyone to be quiet, and asked Liu Ru to give a detailed introduction to the information collected recently, and gave a brief introduction to the upcoming war, and finally Qin Duan turned his attention to the officers of the army, "In view of the importance of this battle, I hope that everyone can express their opinions and speak freely, without any scruples and constraints." ”

Almost every time he had a meeting, Qin Duan hoped that his subordinates could give full play to their own subjective initiative, consider problems from their different perspectives, and present a situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended.

As soon as Qin Dui's words fell, everyone in the conference room began to think or discuss with their neighbors.

"My lord, I'd like to start by talking about my opinion." It was Li Daring who spoke, and Qin Duan nodded and motioned for him to continue,

"I tend to fight field battles with the Huns for three reasons, first, our army's hoplites are well trained, and I believe that they can withstand the test of the heavy cavalry of any country, and the Huns' army has been replenished with a large number of new recruits, especially the infantry camp, and the combat effectiveness will definitely decline As long as we withstand the onslaught of the enemy's cavalry, our cavalry can break through their infantry defenses, and we will be able to win the initiative."

"Second, intelligence shows that the enemy has purchased a large number of weapons to attack the city first, and the number of infantry is huge, and if we take defensive operations, our losses will definitely be not small; Thirdly, if we take defensive operations, we can only passively use the defense facilities of the city of Fucheng for defense, and we need to abandon other areas outside the city of Fucheng, which is also a heavy blow to our economic development and the prestige we have established among the people, and I believe that no one can ignore this. ”

Li Daring apparently said this after careful consideration, and at the same time, his words also revealed the strength of the hoplites he had trained.

Li Daring's words immediately won the support of Liang Qiming, Mu Kai, Shangguan Yonglun, Mu Ziqi and others, and Mu Kai was naturally of the same mind as his coach. What's more, he also has the same confidence in the hoplite division formed by his own people, and Mu Ziqi and Xie Shuyu don't know much about military affairs, but they also know that fighting in Tokugawa will inevitably have a huge negative impact on the local economy, so they also agree with Li Daring's idea.

But not all the people present agreed with Li Daring's idea, and Zhu Yongqing also put forward his own opinion: "My lord, my subordinates dare not agree with Li Daring's opinion on Deputy Commander Li Daring. It is believed that it is better to take advantage of the fortified city defense of the capital city for defensive operations, for the following reasons: the enemy's strength is as high as 600,000 people, and both cavalry and infantry have maintained absolute superiority over our army, and if it is a field battle, it will be a bitter battle, first of all, can our infantry resist the Huns' ironclad heavy cavalry? The strength of the Hun heavy cavalry is obvious to all, and the hoplites, the main force of our army's defense, are less than 50,000 men, and the army has been formed in less than half a year. What kind of strength is still not to be judged lightly, this is one of them. ”

"The number of cavalry in our army is only 50,000, the heavy cavalry is only 15,000, and the enemy's light infantry has 200,000 people, and there are 100,000 heavy infantry, which is almost four times the cavalry we attacked. This is the second one. ”

"Once we lose on either offensive and defensive side in a field battle, the enemy will use the absolute superiority in forces to annihilate us in one fell swoop. This is the third. ”

"If we were to go on the defensive, we would be able to make full use of the city's defenses and weapons to greatly damage the enemy's vital forces, and since our troops had already gained experience from the last Tokugawa Defense, this war would be more handy, and the people of the castle would unite in support of us. With our current strength, we should be able to defeat the invading enemy. ”

"As for the invasion of the Huns, it will bring great losses to the local economy of Tokugawa, which is also a helpless thing, the war is cruel, and it will inevitably bring losses of people and property, so we can only minimize it."

Zhu Yongqing's voice just fell. Liang Qiming, who was a little excited, stood up: "Commander Zhu Yongqing, I remember that someone once told me that at that time, Lord Gunshou had publicly promised the people at the meeting to celebrate the victory of the Tokugawa Defense War the year before that he would do his best to protect the lives and property of the people of Tokugawa. How can we face those ordinary people who have high hopes for our army and lose their trust in the people, the result will be to lose the support of the people, and to lose the support of the people, where can we talk about any great cause for a thousand years! Lord Gunjo, don't you say? ”

Unexpectedly, Liang Qiming, this kid, finally pointed the finger at Qin Dui, and also took advantage of the situation to take Qin Duan's army, Zhu Yongqing also looked a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that his military construction would be caught by Liang Qiming on the platform, so that Zhu Yongqing didn't know how to explain it, I was afraid that a bad explanation would make the county guard unhappy.

Qin Duan also understood Liang Qiming's feelings, he had spent a lot of money and energy to make the economic development of Tokugawa County decent, and now he had to give up completely, you must know that the Huns suffered huge losses the year before last, and this time they will definitely have to redouble their revenge, so that it is possible to return to the way they were three years ago, which Liang Qiming is now unwilling to accept as a local official anyway.

Qin Duan did not pay attention to Liang Qiming, but set his eyes on Liu Xiaoshan, Crazy Dream and others, and everyone also talked about their own opinions, some people were inclined to Li Daring's opinion, thinking that they could use the advantage of hoplites to attract the enemy's main cavalry, and then use their own cavalry cameras to break through the enemy's weak links; Some people agree with Zhu Yongqing's view, believing that using solid city defense facilities to conduct defensive operations can effectively preserve strength and defeat the enemy. Naturally, the officers were divided into two factions and engaged in fierce arguments, and neither could convince anyone.

Qin Dui listened carefully to the opinions of the two factions, in fact, it was similar to Qin Dui's thoughts, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, and finally Qin Dui stood up, motioned for everyone to remain quiet, and walked to the topographical model in the desk, "Everyone, can anyone see what kind of place this is?" ”

Everyone was quiet, everyone's attention returned to this terrain model, Liang Qiming carefully observed for a long time, and finally asked with some doubts: "My lord, this doesn't seem to be the terrain in our Tokugawa County, right?" ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, Shangguan Yonglun first reflected, he is a native of the northwest, and he is also familiar with the geography of the northwest region, "My lord, this seems to be the Jiantoupo area on the East Tengger grassland, I passed by this area with my uncle a few times when I was young. Could it be that you want to ...... there? But it is still hundreds of kilometers away from us, and it has already penetrated deep into the Eastern Tengger Prairie! ”

As soon as Shangguan Yonglun's words came out, everyone's eyes looked at me, and shock, doubt, and incomprehension contained all kinds of meanings.

"Yes, I just planned to set up an ambush here, and by surprise, I would take the Huns by surprise. As the saying goes, if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger? The most dangerous place is also the safest, and it is precisely because of the deep inside of the enemy's territory that it will not attract the attention of the enemy and achieve the goal of surprise victory. I have also made a careful analysis of the two plans you discussed just now, but after thinking about it again, I feel that it is unsatisfactory and there are always shortcomings that cannot be overcome, so I put aside these two plans and come up with this plan again to discuss with you. Qin Du nodded slowly and said what he thought.

"But my lord, the enemy's main army is as many as 600,000, and even if we want to ambush, we have to mobilize a large number of troops. Entering the territory of the enemy, there are enemy herdsmen everywhere, and it is even more difficult to keep the movement of troops secret. ”

The dream first raised the question. This is also the biggest question of all of you here: If you want to defeat the 600,000 enemy army in one fell swoop, even if it is an ambush and carry out a surprise attack, you must have a considerable army, otherwise you will not be able to crush the main force of the enemy, and how can the large-scale movement of the army, especially in the enemy's territory, achieve the purpose of secrecy?

"Let's see,"

Qin Duan brought everyone's attention to the big map again, "I plan to let a part of the troops set off immediately, disguise themselves as horse thieves, and enter the East Tengger Grassland, that is, along this area, continue to burn, kill, and plunder, drive away the Hun herdsmen in this area, and vacate a marching route, the Huns have no garrison in this area, which is not difficult to do." In this way, our army can sneak in, and of course we must do a good job of secrecy. ”

As soon as Qin Dui's idea came out, everyone present was immediately surprised, but they all felt that this was indeed an excellent method of secrecy.

"Let's look at the terrain of Jiantoupo again, the enemy's general marching route will definitely be along the flat land on the south bank of the river, and the flat land on the south side of the river is a shallow hill to the south, which is densely covered with forests, we can arrange our main cavalry here, the enemy's army of 600,000 troops, stretching for at least more than ten miles."

"We will then ambush the main hoplites in the forest here at Jiantou Slope bypassing the slope, and when the enemy's main ironclad cavalry arrives here, we will intercept them here, and at the same time the cavalry lying in ambush in the shallow hill forest will condescendingly attack the infantry and baggage troops in the center of the enemy army, break them up, drive them backwards, and then pursue them, using the enemy's chaotic army to disrupt the deployment of the enemy's rear army, and we will take advantage of the victory to attack and completely defeat it."

"Remember that it is a rout, not an elimination, we don't have that much strength to destroy them, as for the enemy ironclad cavalry in the front after encountering the sniping of our army's hoplites and spearmen, it is estimated that there will not be much combat effectiveness, even if they escape, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, and our light infantry will follow to clean up the battlefield." Qin Duan said as he stood in front of the terrain model. (To be continued......)