"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Xu Rui had such a big reaction, Lin Shaodong on the side was slightly startled and hurriedly asked.

Xu Rui handed the secret letter in his hand to Lin Shaodong and muttered, "The King of Liao has been defeated!" ”

"What?!"

Lin Shaodong exclaimed, incredulous: "The King of Liao has an army of 250,000 and more than 100 fortified cities in his hands, it has only been a few days, how can he be defeated?!" ”

Xu Rui smiled bitterly, pointed to the secret letter that had been handed over to Lin Shaodong, and said, "Look at this, you will understand." ”

Lin Shaodong was slightly stunned, and hurriedly unfolded the secret letter and looked at it.

Like Xu Rui, he was shocked after just a few glances.

"The army of the Southern Dynasties is actually equipped with artillery and muskets, no wonder they can defeat the army of King Liao so quickly!"

Lin Shaodong suddenly looked at Xu Rui and lost his voice.

Xu Rui said in a deep voice: "Judging from the battle report, the artillery equipped by the Southern Dynasty should be the obsolete products of our previous generation, or even the previous generation

Although the musket is a backyard gun, it is limited by the lack of a complete industrial system, and its performance is not comparable to that of the Reaper rifle, and the number is far from reaching the level of fully entering the era of thermal weapons.

I think that the Southern Dynasty should have gotten the old-fashioned artillery design drawings and the prototype design drawings of the Reaper rifle from the military headquarters.

Dark chess has done a lot of great things these days, and it is not surprising that the army of the Southern Dynasties has these new weapons, but what really surprised Ben Shuai was their tactics. ”

"Tactics?!"

Lin Shaodong was slightly stunned, just now he was shocked by the news that the Southern Dynasty army was equipped with new weapons, and before he had time to pay close attention to other details of the battle report, he was reminded by Xu Ruiyi at this time, so he hurriedly re-studied the other contents of the war report.

Xu Rui didn't wait for him to finish reading slowly, and said directly: "King Wuling made a yin move to attack the east and the west, he first gathered the main force on the line of Liuqing Mountain, made a gesture of feint attack on Kuizhou, and forced the King of Liao to transfer the army from the north to the south.

After the main force of the King of Liao was dispatched to the south, he sent the Black Flag Army and the Silent Annihilation Army to secretly bypass the pass of Liuqingshan and go straight to Sima Shang's army.

Sima Shang's army was originally sent by King Yu to encircle and suppress the King of Liao, and he originally thought that it was all that could be done to let the army of King Liao go back to fight against King Wuling.

They were busy pretending to be a scheming posture to deal with King Yu's holy decree urging them to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the King of Liao, completely unaware that the sharp sword of the Southern Dynasty was approaching them.

The Black Flag Army and the Silent Annihilation Army were already strong, and they caught Sima Shang off guard, plus the Southern Dynasty army was also equipped with a large number of firearms.

Sima Shang's Chinese army was directly covered by the artillery of the Annihilation Army in an unguarded situation, and then attacked back and forth by the Black Flag Army, and soon it was completely defeated, and the commander Sima Shang was killed on the spot.

The army of King Yu, which had lost its backbone, immediately fell into chaos, and 150,000 horses and horses completely fled in two days, and were chased and beaten into lost dogs by the Black Flag Army and the Silent Annihilation Army, losing their combat effectiveness.

At this time, Long Yun, who was in charge of the military affairs of the King of Liao, had just received the news of Sima Shang's defeat, and the soldiers of the army of the King of Liao were horrified to find that the main force of the Southern Dynasty on the front line of Chen Bingliu Qingshan had disappeared.

They naturally regarded the Black Flag Army and the Silent Annihilation Army as the main forces of the disappeared Southern Dynasty, thinking that the main force of King Wuling's army had bypassed Liuqing Mountain and appeared behind them.

Long Yun, this kid, still has some judgment, he felt that this matter was warped, and he didn't dare to act rashly, but he couldn't stand the internal pressure, especially seeing that King Yu's army was defeated so quickly, and the King of Liao was constantly putting pressure on Long Yun, asking him to lead his army to the left of Kuizhou to establish a defense.

In desperation, Long Yun had no choice but to transfer most of the main force to the north, and he led a guard to defend the Liuqing Mountain Barrier independently.

At this time, the main force of the Southern Dynasty hiding in the flowing green mountains immediately launched a fierce attack, surrounded Long Yun, who had lost foreign aid, with a small number of men and horses, and the main force went straight to Kuizhou.

At this time, Kuizhou was like a warrior with open shuangquan, his chest was empty, and he was broken in front of the Southern Dynasty army that was surging like a tide in front of only two days of resistance.

Fortunately, before this, the King of Liao had fought his way out of the siege under the cover of the pro-army, and his whereabouts were unknown.

After the news of the destruction of the city of Kuizhou reached the main force of the Liao King, the morale of the army immediately decreased, and the Black Flag Army, the Silent Annihilation Army and the main force of the Southern Dynasty were attacked from both sides, and they were solved in half a day.

The remaining fortified cities and local garrisons saw that the general trend had gone, most of them had surrendered, and only a few were still resisting, but due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, they could not hold out for a few days.

This was almost a textbook battle, and King Wuling, with his flexible strategy, completely wiped out the forces of the King of Liao in just nine days, and completely crushed the armies of King Yu and King Liao! ”

Xu Rui finished his words in one breath, and most of the information did not appear in the battle report, but Xu Rui's inferences based on the description of the battle report, which were not much different from the actual situation.

Lin Shaodong held the blood-stained battle report, trembling slightly.

He had also studied the various battle cases of King Wuling in the past, and was even able to analyze the pros and cons from the perspective of future generations, but when he was really in it, even if he was just a bystander from afar, the shock he felt was completely different.

"King Wuling's use of soldiers is really so wild......"

After holding it for a long time, Lin Shaodong sighed faintly, and couldn't help but look at Xu Rui, comparing Xu Rui and King Wuling, the two unborn military geniuses, who were stronger or weaker.

It's a pity that even Lin Shaodong has to take advantage of others, although Xu Rui has repeatedly created miracles, but more by virtue of establishing an industrial system, updating weapons and tactics to create an absolute system advantage to win, a single round of soldiers, at least at this time Xu Rui has not yet shown a magic close to King Wuling.

"You are wrong, King Wuling's use of troops is not imaginative, but the use of the word deception to the peak of the realm."

Xu Rui said lightly.

Lin Shaodong frowned and said: "As the saying goes, soldiers don't get tired of cheating, and changing people may not have such clever deception skills and such great courage." ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "When it comes to deception, if you want to really make the other party believe in your deception, one is to surprise everywhere, and the other is to be good at hiding your true strategic intentions."

In both aspects, King Wuling is a master.

He first fought psychological warfare with the King of Liao by persuading him to surrender, making the King of Liao think that he had the strength to negotiate terms with the King of Wuling, and then crushed Sima Shang's army with a thunderous force, which made the King of Liao's group fearful.

Only then will the Liaowang Group believe in the 'empty city plan' he put forward, and regard the Black Flag Army and the Silent Annihilation Army in the north as the main force of the Southern Dynasty, and when the main force of the Southern Dynasty attacks on all fronts, it can be invincible.

In fact, as long as you straighten out these ideas, you will find that there are actually big problems in the army of the Southern Dynasties. ”

"There is a problem with the army of the Southern Dynasties?!"

Lin Shaodong asked in surprise.

Xu Rui nodded and said, "Yes, this battle of the Southern Dynasty army has exposed at least two problems.

First, judging from his previous examples, King Wuling is extremely flexible in using troops, but his favorite means is that he is not tired of deceit, as long as he is not disrupted by his series of unexpected moves, he is not very good at tricks, and as long as he does not hit, his chain of tricks will not be able to initiate.

Second, the reason why King Wuling had to use so many means was because he did not fully trust the combat effectiveness of the Southern Dynasty army, that is to say, the Southern Dynasty army had not fully adapted to it after changing its hot weapons, and its tactics had not been fully updated, and it was in a special transitional period.

Don't dare to say anything else, in terms of combat effectiveness, the current Apocalypse Army should have surpassed the army of the Southern Dynasties, and even the invincible Wuling pro-army is not our opponent! ”

"Really?!"

Lin Shaodong was overjoyed when he heard this, but it was only for a moment before he fell silent again.

"Marshal, you said earlier that the army of the Southern Dynasties is pouring into the country, and it is necessary to unite all forces to have the strength to fight, and you must block them on the line of Liuqing Mountain to have a higher chance of victory.

But now that the King of Liao is defeated, the King of Yu has lost the main force, and the army of the Southern Dynasty has crossed the natural barrier of Liuqingshan, from the overall situation, we are at an absolute disadvantage, even if our combat power is higher than that of the opponent, but the national strength is far inferior, as long as the time drags on for a long time, we will be defeated.

Also, the plan we conceived before sending troops has been disrupted, and the strategic intention to rescue the Liao King has been completely put on hold, what should we do now, is there still a possibility to reverse the situation? ”

Li Kuang's face suddenly sank when he heard this, and Xu Rui also sighed, and said with a solemn expression: "Yes, King Wuling's move is too fast, so fast that it disrupts all our plans, what can we do to turn things around?" ”

The three of them suddenly fell into deep thought.