Fang Xiaoyu stood aside respectfully and said, "I don't know what Marshal Lu Dao is looking for me." Xia Jun said, "Xiao Yu, what do you think of the upcoming war between us and the Monte Empire?" Fang Xiaoyu frowned, he really hadn't thought about the issue of the war against Mongolia, these days he only cares about arranging things after becoming a lord, Xia Jun asked, he realized that he was a little too ambitious, now he should fight the war against Mongolia first, only by making meritorious contributions in the war can he become a lord.

Without hearing Fang Xiaoyu's answer, Xia Jun turned his head and asked, "What?" You haven't thought about the war against the Monte Empire? Marshal Xia Jun asked like this, if Fang Xiaoyu didn't say something, he would definitely look down on him, once it affected his image in Marshal Xia Jun's mind, it would not be good for his future development.

Fang Xiaoyu pondered the wording and replied, "This battle is not easy to fight. Xia Jun said in surprise: "Oh? For what? Now there is optimism in the DPRK and China, and they all believe that our army can easily win, and even the army is full of such thoughts. ”

Fang Xiaoyu secretly said nonsense in his heart, there have been a few times in history that the farming people have been able to win the initiative against the grassland nomads, it would be strange if it was easy to fight. Although he hadn't studied it, Fang Xiaoyu was still very familiar with the border terrain between Monte and Lanfang, he looked at the map on the wall and said: "There are five mountain passes at the junction of my country and the Monte Empire that can be used for attack, the most flat and wide of them is the Helan Pass, if we defend and fight, we need to divide our troops into five places to fight the enemy." The Monte Empire can concentrate its forces to attack all the way, I heard that the Monte Empire may send 300,000 troops this time, I think the Empire will not be able to send five times as many troops as the enemy. However, we must not defend it all, in case the Monte Empire lures the enemy with a part of its forces, and then concentrates its forces to break through from the other mountain passes, we will be attacked from the belly. ”

Marshal Xia Jun looked at Fang Xiaoyu with approving, this world is different from China on the earth, there are not so many flexible and changeable tactics, Fang Xiaoyu casually took out some ancient military knowledge of conquest in the history textbook when he was in school, it was already very amazing here, so Xia Jun was very surprised by Fang Xiaoyu's keen eye.

In order to guide Fang Xiaoyu's train of thought, Marshal Xia Jun asked again: "What if we take the initiative to attack?" Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Out of the mountains is the endless steppe of the Monte Empire, this is simply a natural battlefield for cavalry, IMHO, if the other party is strong and clear, lure the enemy deep, and at the same time use a small force of cavalry to attack our logistics and transportation lines, what countermeasures does the marshal have." The more Fang Xiaoyu spoke, the more excited he became, and he had forgotten who he was talking to.

Xia Jun nodded contemplatively: "Yes, if you use the tactics you said, this battle is really not easy to fight." If you were to be the commander-in-chief, how would you fight? Fang Xiaoyu said: "Before the infantry firepower is greatly improved, it is unwise to attack the nomads with a large number of cavalry, if you really want me to fight, there are two ways, fast and slow." ”

Marshal Xia Jun was surprised: "There are two methods, fast and slow?" Then I'm going to hear it. Fang Xiaoyu said: "The Monte Empire still lives a nomadic life, this way of life is very dependent on the environment, they must drive their livestock to the rich pastures in the spring, spend half a year to let the livestock breed and fat, and then go to the wintering ground to survive the cold winter in winter. Hearing Fang Xiaoyu talk about the nomadic way of life, Marshal Xia Jun then guided: "What does this have to do with your tactics? ”

Fang Xiaoyu said: "This quick method is that we dig a deep trench in the Wulu Pass, build a high wall, send heavy guards to guard, and then choose to concentrate all the cavalry to raid their pastures in the summer, no need to destroy the opponent's men and horses, only need to set fire to the grass, and shoot more livestock, always destroying back and forth, so that they are not at peace, their livestock will not be able to breed and fatten, and they will only starve to death in winter." Once a large number of livestock die, the Monte Empire has only two ways, the first is to wait for death, and the second is to concentrate forces and fight us to the death. When the time comes, they will rush into battle, and our defenders will be waiting for their work, and they will have only one way to die. ”

Xia Jun shouted: "It's really a good way to take advantage of the fragility of their lifestyle, cut off their food, and eliminate them fundamentally, but this kind of tactics also takes a year, how can it be considered fast, and how slow is it?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Actually, I don't approve of using this fast method, because there is still a Cossack Empire in the north of the Monte Empire, if we use this method to make the strength of the Monte Empire drastically reduced, it will inevitably give the Cossack Empire a chance, once the Cossack Empire annexes the Monte Empire, they will confront us head-on." The Cossack Empire is different from the Monte Empire, they have a larger population, a stronger national power, and they are farming and farming, and have a strong industrial capacity, to be honest, we will have a very hard time with the Cossack Empire, so I think the second method is better. ”

Fang Xiaoyu glanced at Marshal Xia Jun, who was listening carefully to his explanation, and continued: "This slow method only has two words, that is, cannibalization. Marshal Xia Jun said: "Cannibalization? Like silkworms eating mulberry leaves, eating them round and round? Weaken the enemy little by little? How? ”

Fang Xiaoyu nodded and said, "It's very simple, it's to build a military station on the grassland. The army advanced slowly, recruiting a large number of laborers to accompany the army, and asking them to build a fortress in each place they went, and if possible, to connect the forts with trenches. The forts communicated with each other by beacons, so that as long as the Monte cavalry was dispatched, the fortress could be lit for thousands of miles, and there were trenches to block it, and there were many fortresses attacking them along the way, although elite but unable to move an inch. If they chose to conquer the fortresses one by one, that loss would be enough to break the bones of the Monte Empire. However, it would take at least ten years to completely destroy the Monte Empire, which would have the advantage that once the Monte Empire was destroyed, we would be able to defend ourselves against a possible attack by the Cossack Empire with a dense network of fortresses. ”

Fang Xiaoyu really had no choice, so he took out the method of dealing with the Mongolian cavalry in the online novel he read back then, but seeing Marshal Xia Jun's approving gaze, Fang Xiaoyu knew that Dao could be recognized by Marshal Xia Jun, who had experienced a hundred battles, and the tactics imagined by a certain god out of thin air were still relatively reliable.

Marshal Xia Jun nodded and said: "Very good, if we can solve the Monte Empire in the north once and for all, and maybe we can also get a large grassland, which is enough to make our cavalry combat effectiveness even higher." For Marshal Xia Jun's enthusiastic cavalry, Fang Xiaoyu disagreed, after the hot weapon matured, the role of cavalry will become smaller and smaller, and when the machine gun is invented, the glory of cavalry will be completely ended.

Fang Xiaoyu thinks that even in today's absence of mechanized transportation and tanks, at most some mounted infantry like dragoons are enough, as long as they can increase their mobility ability, the ghost is willing to ride a target as big as a horse and hit the muzzle of someone's gun straight.

Xia Jun said: "Tomorrow's court meeting, I will recommend your tactics to the emperor, if I can, I hope to increase your combat exploits." In this way, when you become a lord in the future, you can choose a good place with your military exploits, I don't know where you like it? ”

Fang Xiaoyu said without thinking: "Of course, it is one of the counties in the East China Sea. Marshal Xia Jun smiled and said: "The counties of the East China Sea are rich, and they are an important source of the empire's finances and taxes, I think it is probably unlikely, and it is more likely that you will be sealed to the border of Monte." ”

"So remote?" Fang Xiaoyu doesn't like to go to inland areas, in Fang Xiaoyu's thinking, in the current period when the infrastructure is incomplete and land transportation is primitive, only coastal areas rely on sea transportation is the best way to develop the economy.

Fang Xiaoyu tried to ask, "Can you find a place with an outlet to the sea?" Xia Jun said with a smile: "If you want to go to the southwest, you can go to Yulin County, although there is no outlet to the sea, but the nearest outlet to the sea is only a few hundred kilometers, and it belongs to the weak Siamese country, which is very easy to occupy." ”

"Southwest?" Fang Xiaoyu was almost choked up in fright, he didn't dare to be neighbors with the Cheng family's territory, people have big trees and deep roots, he is a newcomer, and people can kill themselves by playing a little trick. Fang Xiaoyu stuck out his tongue and said, "Then forget it, it's okay in the north." ”

Marshal Xia Jun smiled and walked back to his desk and sat down, took off his reading glasses and put them on the table, then raised his head and looked at Fang Xiaoyu and said, "Why do you want to go to the sea?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "A strong armed force can't only be the army, it's like a person walking on one leg." Marshal Xia Jun smiled: "This reason is good, but the navy is the exclusive possession of the royal family, if you want to intervene, I'm afraid the royal family will not agree." ”