Episode 37 Watching and Teaching
Outside Changshan City, a Qin army of more than 20,000 people was setting up a formation, casting various long-range weapons, large-scale attack spells, and a huge magic weapon Soul Gathering Magic Long Sword, launching a swift attack on the protective shield of Changshan City. However, although the momentum of this Qin army's attack was strong, it kept a certain distance from Changshan City and did not dare to get close to the city wall.
On the other hand, the Yanzhao coalition army in the city only hid in the protective shield of the big city and did not come out, and even the occasional counterattack did not have any scale or organization. Of course, this may also be a strategy by the Yan and Zhao armies to lure the enemy into depth. But in any case, it is an indisputable and obvious fact that the two armies did not dare to directly confront the Qin army.
Several figures flew into the air not far from Changshan City, and after showing their identity tags to the dozens of spiritual senses shot out of the city, they stayed in the air, quietly observing the attack of the Qin army. These people are none other than Linda, Schroeder, and Rangie and other high-ranking members of the Blue Star Army.
"Look, it's the same as I said, right?! The Qin army was just trying to attack, and had no intention of really taking Changshan City. Little Rangie looked at the situation on the battlefield and immediately shouted excitedly.
"Oh, how do you know?" Schroeder asked with a smile.
"Isn't it obvious? Haven't you seen that the Qin army has not had a single heavy attack weapon? Without these equipment, how could it be possible to defeat such a super large array with the attack of a single legion? So I don't think the Qin army intends to attack the city. Rangi said smugly.
Hearing Rangji's words, Lin Da and the others noticed the battle arrangement of the Qin army, and their spiritual sense continued to sweep through several times, and sure enough, they only found that there were only a small number of siege troops among them. It was only then that they realized how unexpected little Rangi, who had not grown up in their eyes, was.
Several people watched in the air for a while, and saw that the Qin army was only launching a long-range attack and did not get close to Changshan City, and then they finally determined that the Qin army was only a tentative attack. But even so, from the beginning to the present, the Yanzhao coalition army defending the city did not have any intention of going out of the city to counterattack.
"Are the Yan and Zhao armies waiting for any opportunity? Why haven't they attacked yet? Is it waiting for the Qin army to retreat before killing them?" Major General Liu Nan on the side couldn't stand it anymore, but he was willing to believe that the Yan and Zhao armies were not as cowardly as they looked.
"Maybe, but even if they have any backhand, with the cunning of the Qin army, they will not let the Yan and Zhao armies succeed easily. Perhaps this may also be a trick by the Qin army to lure the enemy out of the city. Schroeder said lightly, and he didn't seem to have much hope for the Yan and Zhao armies.
"Yes, didn't the Yan and Zhao armies try to pursue while the Qin army retreated last time, didn't they suffer a big loss? I think they must have been beaten and scared, and they would never dare to fight directly face to face with the Qin army!" Liu Nan laughed, and his tone was obviously disdainful of the Yan and Zhao armies.
At this time, Lin Da suddenly asked Ranji, who was watching the attack of the Qin army with great interest: "Ranji, if you are the commander of the Yan and Zhao armies, what should you do in this situation?"
Being asked by Linda suddenly, Lan Ji was stunned for a moment, he scratched his head, rolled his eyes, and then said: "Well, if I command the two armies of Yan and Zhao, I will also show weakness, not only will I not fight back this time, but I will not fight back next time the Qin army will attack, and even the next few times will be like this." ”
"Oh, why is that?" asked Linda curiously, and Schroeder and the others looked at Rangie curiously.
Seeing the curious eyes of the adults, Lan Ji suddenly became triumphant, and said happily: "Of course, we deliberately made the Qin army careless, mistakenly thinking that we were afraid of them and relaxed our vigilance! Everyone knows that the Yan and Zhao armies have no advantage over the Qin army in a frontal battle, but they can use the help of the big array." Like this, he has been avoiding the Qin army, and when the Qin army is accustomed to such an unscrupulous attack on Changshan, he will pretend to be unbearable, send a weak brigade to counterattack the Qin army, and secretly lay an ambush around the city, and wait until the Qin army is in the middle of the plan and enters the attack range of the large array, and then start the large array, trap the Qin army that is chasing in, and finally catch the turtle in the urn, and concentrate the troops to encircle and annihilate the Qin army that is surrounded, so that the Qin army can be hit fiercely. ”
Hearing Rangi's plan, everyone immediately showed approving eyes and praised one after another. Although Rankie's idea was relatively general and simple, and many specific details were not mentioned, it was indeed unexpected for a teenager to be able to say such a battle plan.
Schroeder asked again, "Then if you were the commander of the Qin army, how would you attack Changshan City?" Everyone looked at Rangie curiously again, waiting for his astonishing answer.
Rangi scratched his head again for a while, his eyes lit up, and he replied, "If I were the commander of the Qin army, I wouldn't attack Changshan City at all. Although the two armies of Yan and Zhao seem to be very cowardly, Changshan City is a city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus there is such a cover of the large array of the town and country, and most of the forces of the two countries are concentrated here, even if the Qin army can capture this city, it will have to pay a great price, which is impossible to do in any case. ”
"The best way to attack this city is to cut off all communication with the outside world, send troops to destroy all the strongholds of the two countries near this city, and cut off all supply routes to this city, and completely isolate this city. It only takes every period of time to send troops to attack the city, so that the two armies of Yan and Zhao dare not and cannot go out of the city, and at the same time use various terrorist means to intimidate the troops in the city. After a long time, the Yan and Zhao armies in Changshan City lost contact with the outside world and did not get enough supplies, so naturally the army would be in turmoil and change on their own. At that time, the Qin army will be able to win without a fight and easily conquer this city!"
"Well, yes! This kid has a lot of ideas!Linda, it seems that it was a good decision for you to take him!" Schroeder laughed heartily as he touched Rangie's head.
Linda smiled slightly, glanced at Rangie, who was a little proud, and said with a little smugness in his heart: "Although it is good, it is just some immature ideas, which make everyone laugh, Rangie has to continue to learn, continue to work hard!"
Hearing that Linda didn't praise him, little Rangie showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes. Linda saw it in her eyes and didn't say anything more.
After a while, the Qin army was indeed as Lan Ji expected, Mingjin withdrew his troops, and the Yan-Zhao coalition army just waited for the Qin army to go away, and sent several reconnaissance troops to inspect it from a distance, and there was no sign of sending troops to attack.
"Let's go! It seems that Qin Jun does have other plans, and we have to go back and discuss them carefully. Seeing that the Qin army had withdrawn his troops, Lin Da didn't plan to stay here for a long time, so he flew back to the base directly with everyone.
On the way, Linda deliberately flew aside with Rankie, but Rankie also seemed to be holding something in his heart, and put on a cold attitude towards Linda. Seeing his appearance, Linda smiled slightly and said kindly, "Rangie, are you angry with me?"
"Godfather, why didn't you praise me just now? Am I right?" Rangie was silent for a while, finally unable to hold back the breath in his heart, and mustered up the courage to ask.
Linda smiled and said: "That's right, you just said it very well, which shows that you work very hard, and you usually read a lot of books according to my requirements, even many officers may not be as good as you, from these points, you are doing very well!"
"Then why don't you praise me?" asked Rangie unconvinced.
"Didn't I already praise you just now?" said Linda with a smile.
"That's not counting! I'm going to praise me in front of you! It's best if you let me lead an army myself, and I'm going to prove to everyone that the apprentices of the Grand Mage of the Blue Star Country can also fight well!" Rangie exclaimed excitedly.
But Linda shook her head, was silent for a moment, and asked, "Rangie, do you really want to be like a godfather?"
"Yes, of course I do, I want to be like you, called the hero of the Blue Star Country!" rangi replied as she looked at Linda adoringly.
"It's not so easy to become a hero, because not everyone can shoulder the responsibilities of heroes. Think about it, if you stand in my position, any of your actions, or any decision, may decide the lives of many soldiers, and even determine the fate of the Blue Star Country, do you know how great the pressure is? Have you ever thought that if a soldier loses his life because of your wrong decision, and the Blue Star Country loses a lot because of your wrong decision, then you can bear such a consequence, can you stand up again in such a huge sense of guilt?"
Hearing these seemingly profound words, Rangie was speechless for a while, all along, Linda in his mind has always been a capable person who strategizes and makes decisions, and is more capable of going into battle to kill the enemy and win all battles, but he didn't expect that behind this aura, Linda needs to shoulder a lot of pressure. This is something that Rangie, who is only a teenager, cannot experience at all.
"Do you remember what I told you, the story of Zhuge Liang slashing Ma Jian with tears?" Linda was silent for a moment before asking again.
"Remember, the general of Shu was placed in a heavy position, but I didn't expect that because of the light enemy, he lost his position, and the whole country paid a very heavy price. In the end, in order to appease the army, he was beheaded by a legendary very wise prime minister, right?Godfather, why do you bring up this story?" asked Rangie curiously.
"Tell me, Rangie, why did Ma Jian fail?" asked Linda without answering.
"Well, this Ma Jian is young, but he is very proud, he refuses to listen to the opinions of his subordinates, and finally fails because of his own carelessness, maybe that's the reason?"
That's right, pride and complacency, and too frivolous and self-confident, that's why he failed. Come to think of it, you are indeed very good now, but you are still young, you have no experience, and you have not done anything concretely, although you have a lot of ideas, but after all, you have not been trained in practice. If you were to take command of an army at such a time, would you be able to guarantee victory? What if you failed? What would be the consequences? Boy, this is not a simple game, as I said earlier, as a commander, any decision you make will determine the life and death of many people. ”
Hearing Linda's criticism, Rangie was silent for a moment, but what Linda said was indeed true.
"Rankie, so you still need to keep learning, you should be able to put forward good ideas, but you can't be impatient, let alone rush for quick success, you have to think a little more about everything, you have to be meticulous and in-depth... Rankie, there's a lot more to learn, so you have to be humble and cautious, you know? You know, as my godson, the most outstanding figure of the younger generation of the Blue Star Clan, you will have a very heavy responsibility in the future. Maybe you don't understand what I'm saying now, but later, you'll be able to understand it slowly. ”
Rangie nodded as if he didn't understand, and didn't say anything, just kept silent, as if he was recalling what Linda had just said, but he seemed to be much more well-behaved.
Seeing Rangi like this, Linda smiled slightly, and took him to speed up his return to the base, and soon returned to the military base. As soon as he returned, Linda immediately called the members of the staff to meet again, and soon, there was a new operation in the Blue Star Army military base.