Li You had already rushed to Gyeonggi Province to join Qin Shixin, and when he was about to lead a large army to attack Darima's camp, he also received news from the Black Ice Platform that Arubu was about to lead an army of 200,000 to arrive here to start a decisive battle with him, so he changed his battle plan and temporarily stopped preparing for the attack. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Lord Taiwei, do you want to mobilize troops from other places to aid Jiazhou?" Qin Shixin is not worried about defeating the enemy head-on, but he doesn't have much confidence in the safety of Jiazhou, and now most of the troops in Jiazhou are concentrated here, and the rest are scattered to defend the local area, but Jiazhou does not have many soldiers and horses.

"Don't worry, the King of Hanshu and his generals don't have the courage to do so, otherwise Gyeonggi Province would have been occupied by them long ago." Li You smiled indifferently, the King of Shu sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, but Luo Zhaoyuan stayed here for several years, and only then did he occupy a few small states and counties when Xu Shiyong gathered his troops, and not long ago, when he heard that Darima led the army south, he left these cities and hid back in Shannan Dongdao, the most elite troops under the command of the King of Shu are like this, even if they send troops to Jiazhou, what losses can they cause? You must know that Xu Guangke is not a vegetarian.

"Haha, it's better if they don't come, if they do, Mr. Xu should be happy." Sima Cuo laughed and said, he and Li You, Qin Shixin, Luo Shiji and others led the troops to fight outside, leaving Xu Guang in Jiazhou, if he didn't know that he was shouldering the heavy responsibility of guarding Jiazhou, Xu Guang was afraid that he would have taken the initiative to fight a long time ago, if the king of Shu dared to send someone to Xu Guang, he could have a good time, Sima Cuo and Xu Guang had a lot of dealings, and his thoughts were clear.

"At the moment, I can only slightly aggrieve Mr. Xu, and after the capital is recovered, I will definitely give Mr. Xu a chance to show his talents." Of course, Li You knew that Xu Guang was also eager to display his talents on the battlefield, but now among the generals who control the army, Xu Guang has the most special identity, and only he can take on the heavy responsibility of guarding the base camp when Li You leaves, there is really no other choice; Of course, after Li You ascends the throne and becomes emperor, he can naturally release Xu Guang to fight in all directions.

"Lord Taiwei, General Pan is so enjoyable in Henan Province, so I will be the vanguard in the next battle!" After solving the matter of the King of Shu, Zhou Bofu came out again to seize the opportunity, Pan Feng had just arrived here, and when he despised unintentionally, he didn't brag about how enjoyable he fought in the last battle, and what a credit he made, he had already heard Zhou Bofu salivate, and now when he thought of Arubu going to drive the expedition, he was more and more eager to fight, if he could use the Mo knife in his hand to cut off Arubu's head, wouldn't Pan Feng's little credit be completely covered?

"Don't worry, now that the Beiyu has not yet arrived, I don't know their details, this matter is not easy to decide, but if the opportunity is right, General Zhou will naturally have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions." Li You admired his attitude of taking the initiative to seek war, but he didn't agree immediately, and he still had to wait until the war started before making a decision.

Zhou Bofu had to retreat regretfully, and Qin Shixin stood up again and asked a new question, "Lord Taiwei, if you count Darima's army, Xu Shiyong's forbidden army and the troops who followed Arubu's personal expedition, the total number of enemies we have to deal with this time is probably more than 300,000, and now there are only 100,000 soldiers and horses in the battalion, should we let the rear send some reinforcements to support?" ”

If Qin Shixin led the army to fight alone, he felt that even if it was an army of 100,000, it would be enough, but now that Li You was also in the army, for the sake of prudence, he made such a suggestion.

"There is no need to do this, the more soldiers the better." Li You shook his head slowly and said, the total strength that the two sides can deploy on a battlefield is limited after all, and in the case of Gyeonggi Province, it would be good to be able to accommodate 50,000 people on both sides, and if there are more, they can only divide the troops, and in the era of cold weapons, subject to the influence of marching speed, communication methods and other aspects, the success rate of coordinated operations on multiple battlefields is not high, Li You does not think that Arub can have such an excellent command art.

"With a large number of troops, how to restrain the army, how to supply food and grass, and how to ensure that one's orders can be transmitted to all the soldiers, are all great problems; With twice the number of troops, these problems will increase several times, and with the skills of Captain Ben, I am afraid it will be difficult to command an army of 300,000 on one battlefield, let alone Arub. "Calculating the command value, Li You really can't bring 300,000 troops," 300,000 troops, it just sounds good, if you really start a war, it is not as good as 100,000 troops, Arubu is causing trouble for himself. ”

Judging from the historical examples, it is also true, in any large-scale battle with more than 300,000 troops, the defeat is mostly the side with more troops, the battle of Weishui Fu Jian led the army to claim to be one million, but lost to Xie Xuan's 80,000 Beifu soldiers, the battle of Hubu Dagang, the 700,000 army of the Liao State was defeated by the Jurchens with only more than 20,000 troops, which are due to the fact that there are too many troops and it is inconvenient to command, but whenever there is a slight unfavorable news in front, the entire army will collapse.

The only exception may be the Battle of Changping, the number of troops and people mobilized by the Qin army in the Battle of Changping exceeded that of the Zhao army, but the Qin army had King Qin Zhaoxiang personally went to Hanoi County to defend it, and the famous general Bai Qi led the army in front, so he could barely cope with it, Li You didn't believe that Arubu was more powerful than King Qin Zhaoxiang and Bai Qi combined, if so, why reuse Yuan Zhang?

"Darima wants to wait for reinforcements to arrive, why wouldn't Captain Ben?" Speaking of this, Li You revealed the reason why he stopped the offensive, "Now if one more enemy is spared, they will have to send one more grain and grass, and when the logistics supply of the 300,000 army will be pressed, even with the strength of my Jiazhou, it will be difficult to do it, let alone Arubu and Xu Shiyong." ”

"When their army arrives, Captain Ben will not attack immediately, but will stick to the camp and continue to delay time, we have the rear waterways and countless ships to transport grain and grass through the canal, and we only need to take a short land route, but Arubu they need people to carry horses; As long as they hold for ten days and half a month, they may start to have a headache for food, and they will collapse on their own without even us taking the initiative to attack, wouldn't it be easier to win in this way? When Li You heard the number of 300,000 troops, he changed his plan to take the initiative and planned to make a defensive counterattack.