11. Negotiate and decide

In the face of this paper transfer, Ma Mengshi felt that it was difficult. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt's September now, and the orcs don't know if they will go south, once she leads the army east to conquer Wu, Tianma City will definitely be empty, and if the orcs go south, Tianma City will be in danger.

"Those bastards in the military department, I really don't know if their brains are grassy, and they actually give such bullshit orders." In the conference room of the City Lord's Mansion in Pegasus City, the commander of the First Army of the Pegasus Legion, Ferens, scolded.

"That is, knowing that the orcs may go south, we still have to mobilize our Pegasus legions, and the other legions of the kingdom keep cubs." Ma Zhenhai, commander of the Second Army, echoed.

"It's clear that he wants to kill people with a knife and destroy the foundation of our Pegasus Legion, commander-in-chief, we don't need to pay attention to such an unreasonable military order." The commander of the Third Army, Weidner, was more direct.

"This trick of the military department is not easy to crack, although we know that they want to kill people with a knife, but our Pegasus Legion cannot openly disobey the order of the kingdom, otherwise, it will be telling the truth." Yan Changge, the commander of the Fourth Army, was a little worried.

Ma Zhenfei sighed and said: "According to the intelligence, this time, the Great Wu State has mobilized the strength of three legions, namely the fourth, fifth and eighth legions, in addition, there are also the noble private armies of our four neighboring provinces, with a total strength of up to 730,000, in addition, there are up to one million militias for logistics transportation. This time, the Great Wu Kingdom has made a bloody investment. ”

The strength of the Great Wu Kingdom is stronger than that of the Tiger Kingdom, but the regular army of the whole country is eight legions, each with 200,000 legions, a total of 1.6 million troops, this time three legions were mobilized, and in addition, the troops of three or four legions were still left to defend against the orcs who might go south.

Ma Mengshi glanced at the generals of the Pegasus Legion and asked, "Xiuming, what do you think?" ”

Ma Xiuming, the deputy commander of the Pegasus Army. There is no such thing as a staff department in this world, and Ma Xiuming, the deputy marshal, is equivalent to the chief of staff, although he does not have the name of the chief of staff, he has the fact of chief of staff.

"We can't not send troops, the military department's order is forced by national hatred and family hatred, if we don't send troops, we will forget the national hatred, forget the family hatred, and give people a handle. This soldier, we must come to the conclusion. Matthew set the tone.

All the generals are powerless for a while, and now that the military department's order has been issued, the soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, even if they are ridiculous orders, they will give an order, and then they will carry it out first, and they will wait until the battle is over. Unless the Ma family immediately raises the anti-flag and rebels, otherwise, this order must be carried out.

The soldiers can't be out, but the strength of the Pegasus Legion is only 200,000, and even if you add the private soldiers of the nobles of the entire Beicang Province, the total strength will not exceed 300,000. So, how many troops should be sent? If you go less, it's useless, and you will just die in vain. If you go too much, the orcs go south, and you don't want Tianma City? It's a dilemma.

"Fourth Elder, who is the commander in charge this time, in addition to mobilizing my Pegasus Legion, how many legions are also being transferred?" Ma Mengshi asked.

"The coach has not yet been decided, and the third prince and the sixth prince are all vying for the position of commander. In addition to mobilizing our Pegasus Legion to the east, he also mobilized the Shenlu Legion to go east out of Donghu Province to garrison Silver Lake City. Mobilize the Wyvern Legion to the east of the Rising Sun Province and garrison the Burning Sun City. In addition to the two large formed legions, there were also some troops of the Tiger Legion and the private armies of the nobles in Donghu Province and Rising Sun Province. The total number of troops reached 830,000. The militia numbered 600,000. ”

"My Pegasus Legion is going south to Dongshan Province and garrisoning Qingshan City, is that so?" Ma Mengshi didn't need to look at the military map to already know the intentions of the military department.

"That's right, in addition to transferring my Pegasus Legion south, I also mobilized some of the noble private armies in Dongshan Province. The total number of troops reached 40,000. In the military department, as long as half of the troops of my Tianma Legion are mobilized, plus the aristocratic private army of Dongshan Province, it should not be a problem to resist the Fourth Army of the Great Wu State. Ma Zhenfei nodded and said.

Ma Mengshi sighed and said, "What about our remaining Cangyun Legion and Silver Crane Legion? They don't have any combat missions, so why not transfer them? ”

"The military department did not explain." Ma Zhenfei said helplessly, "The royal family wants to borrow a knife to kill people, so naturally they won't let us go." In the royal family's mind, even if the orcs go south, Pegasus City should be able to resist for a while, and then, if the Cangyun Legion goes north to support, Pegasus City should not lose, and the loss is only the strength of my Pegasus Legion, which is not damaged in the royal family. ”

The reason why the Tianma Legion is united and will become the Ma family's private army in a sense is that almost all of them are from Beicang Province, the Tiger Kingdom, and the Great Yan Kingdom in the west and the Great Yue Kingdom in the south have always been friendly, and the two sides have no war, only have enmity with the Great Wu Kingdom in the east, and the two sides have fought a lot of battles. As for the northern province of Beicang, because of the frequent wars with the orcs, in terms of the number of casualties, the Pegasus Legion is the largest. Therefore, as soon as the people from other provinces heard that they were going to be assigned to Tianma Province, they immediately tried their best to push back, and they didn't dare to come at all. Only the people of Beicang Province are helpless, because if they are not soldiers, the orcs will enter their homeland. Therefore, this is also the reason why the Pegasus Legion has always been independent of the other five legions.

"The third prince has been on the battlefield twice, but he is not a famous general, although the sixth prince has been managing the military department for a few years, he has not even been on the battlefield, and his ability to come to this is limited. In such a big battle, the king has not yet decided on the commander of the whole army, and let the two princes compete for the commander, is he old and confused? Weidner frowned.

It stands to reason that in such a big battle, the generals in the army should be sent to mobilize the forces of all parties in a unified manner. is qualified to be the commander of this war, Ma Mengshi is one, and Duke Shenlu Changming is one. The Flying Dragon Duke of the Flying Dragon Legion, Long Haimeng, is also counted as one. But now, the coach has not been decided, isn't it a joke?

Yang Siqi, who had never spoken, spoke: "It's very simple, if Shi'er and the other two dukes are the commanders, they won't let the Pegasus Legion go to death, but the two princes will." ”

When the generals heard this, they gasped: "What? ”

"Although I haven't seen the two dukes of Lu and Long, of course, these two dukes may not have enmity with our Ma family, and at the moment of the great enemy, they all understand the truth of unanimity. They are all generals, and they all understand that their lips are cold, but the people of the royal family will not, they only have the thorn in the side of the Ma family, in their opinion, the Ma family has become a big trouble for them. Now, the strength of the Ma family is already very strong, and there is more power of the Temple of Light as a backer, if the Ma family's heart is a little more ambitious, it definitely has the ability to overthrow the royal family. ”

Yang Siqi paused for a moment and said: "In this battle with the Great Wu Kingdom, even if it is defeated, at most it will be a bigger loss, but it will not hurt the muscles and bones of the Tiger Kingdom." If the Great Wu Kingdom wants to annex the Tiger Kingdom, it is absolutely impossible. The limit is the loss of the territory of one or two provinces. But if the Ma family rebels, the royal family will lose the entire kingdom, and compared with the two, of course, getting rid of the Ma family is the first choice. If Shi'er dies in this war, then the Ma family will be a toothless tiger, and there will be no big waves. ”

The generals bit their fingers and felt cold. Weidner asked in a trembling voice: "Uncle, is there any basis for your inference?" ”

Yang Siqi shook his head: "No, it is impossible to find it." In such a matter, the royal family will definitely not leave words and other things as evidence. However, it is not entirely without evidence. If my guess is correct. The royal family even colluded with the state of Great Wu. The Great Wu Congress sent heavy troops to attack Yinhu City and Lieyang City, and there were not many troops attacking Qingshan City. At that time, the military headquarters must urge the Pegasus Legion to annihilate the enemy as soon as possible, and then go south to support Silver Lake City and Burning Sun City. However, when the Great Wu Kingdom took advantage of the opportunity of our Pegasus Legion to destroy the enemy, he was looking for an opportunity to eat us. ”

Although it was only Yang Siqi's speculation, the generals did not dare to believe it.

Ma Mengshi said: "Siqi, what you said is a bit excessive. Speculation cannot be used as evidence, and the royal family has not yet reached this point. ”

Yang Siqi shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, this is just my guess, and I can't take it seriously, but I hope everyone will keep a few more eyes on it, just in case." ”

That's true, it's good to keep an eye on everything.

Ference asked, "Uncle, how do we divide our troops?" ”

Yang Siqi said: "It depends on what we plan? ”

"What's going on?" Ma Mengshi was dissatisfied.

"This battle, if you want to win it, kill the enemy to a great defeat, and you also want to take the opportunity to occupy part of the territory of the Great Wu Kingdom. Then our Tianma Legion will have to mobilize at least 150,000 troops, and we will also mobilize in Beicang Province, and at least 300,000 reserve troops, with a total of more than 450,000 troops to have such a possibility. ”

The generals were stunned, this uncle really had ideas, and he even wanted to take the opportunity to occupy the territory of the Great Wu Kingdom, and he couldn't help but flash his tongue.

"Siqi, what are you kidding?"

"I'm not joking, the Great Wu State can mobilize 1.6 million troops to attack, which is also his limit, it can be said that the army of the country is coming west. If we can defeat his troops, then it is not impossible to occupy one or two of their provinces, of course, we have to have so many troops to defend the four sides, otherwise, we will not be able to defend it. If you want to occupy it, you have to have soldiers. ”

Ma Xiuming couldn't help it: "Uncle, listening to your tone, it seems that it is not difficult to defeat the enemy?" ”

How easy is it to defeat the enemy, an army of 1,600,000 people? But in Yang Siqi's mouth, it seems that the Great Wu Kingdom has been defeated, which is too, right?

Yang Siqi nodded and said, "Yes, in my opinion, they are basically defeated." ”

Ma Mengshi said: "Siqi, you are a rookie who has never been on the battlefield. ”

The implication is that you will only talk about it, and a person who has never been on the battlefield can say such a big thing, and he is not afraid of being ridiculed by others, and he will not even have face with her.

Yang Siqi was happy: "You don't believe me? Poetry. ”

Ma Mengshi glanced at Yang Siqi: "How can you make me believe you?" ”

"That's because you don't know what I'm going to do yet."

"What are you going to do? You don't want to bring a lot of bees to the trouble of the Great Wu Kingdom, do you? ”

Yang Siqi smiled and said, "How is this possible? If all those bees were dead, we would make a lot less money. Until the last minute, I am absolutely reluctant. ”

"Tell me quickly, don't talk about it, I'll beat you." Ma Mengshi was impatient, raised her fist, and made a gesture of beating people. Her attitude as a little woman made the generals stunned, is this still their commander, the female god of war on the iron-blooded battlefield?

"It's simple, Shi'er, you've forgotten one of our trump cards. We are Camp Whirlwind. ”

"The Whirlwind Battalion is powerful, but the number of people is only five thousand, and the opponent is as many as hundreds of thousands, how can five thousand be able to defeat hundreds of thousands?" Of course, Ma Mengshi is confident in the combat effectiveness of the Whirlwind Battalion, but the strength of the two sides is simply disproportionate, how can this be done?

"If we fight a tough battle and a positional battle face to face, of course our Whirlwind Battalion is not the enemy's opponent, but if we lead the Whirlwind Battalion deep behind the enemy, just like we fought with the Orcs, destroy the enemy's logistics and transportation, destroy the enemy's villages and towns, and let the enemy lose all logistics supplies, will the enemy still have the ability to fight again?" Yang Siqi finally said his tactics.

"You mean behind enemy lines?" Ma Mengshi was stunned.

"You can't have thought about this tactic, have you?" Yang Siqi secretly despised the military strategy of this world in his heart, and would only stupidly attack the fortifications head-on, not to mention other tactics.

"But when we go behind enemy lines, men will get tired, horses will get tired, weapons and arrows will be consumed, where will we go to find supplies? Besides, once we are encircled by the enemy's army, we don't have any reinforcements at all, doesn't this send our brothers to their deaths? "Except for the last time, Ma Mengshi really hasn't fought guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.