Chapter 387: The Weakness of the Kingdom

At the dining table on the balcony, Li Mengxi was reading the "newspaper" while waiting for breakfast, and what he was reading was the war newspaper column recently opened by the "Chuye Morning Post."

That's right! Although on the surface, because of Hinata's disgust, he didn't care about this so-called "war of aggression", but in fact, from the bottom of his heart, he was still very concerned, and even looked forward to Wang **'s big victory.

"How's it going?

At this moment, the voice of questioning came into his ears, so Li Mengxi subconsciously replied, "Hmm...... It's hard to say......

The words stopped abruptly, and Li Mengxi, who came to her senses, quickly turned her head to look at the side, and what she saw was Hinata Nayin wearing home clothes and holding a dinner plate, and there was a hint of contempt in her eyes.

"Whoa!"

So, Li Mengxi hurriedly didn't know where to stuff the newspaper.

"Alas!" Seeing this, Hinata Naine sighed lightly, put the tray on the table, and said a little unpleasantly as she took down the breakfast, "It's a little late to remember it now!"

"Uh!" Li Mengxi suddenly became embarrassed when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "Ahahaha! It's just, how to say, I accidentally swept it." ”

"That's enough!" After putting the meal away, Nai Yin sat down on his seat and glanced at Li Mengxi fiercely, but then sighed half-helplessly and half-relieved, "Alas, have you been paying attention to the battle situation and think I haven't noticed?"

"Well...... I'm sorry. Li Mengxi gave up the quibble and simply bowed his head and said.

"Don't do that. Naine also showed a hint of willfulness, "I didn't tell you not to get involved in this matter. ”

"But, Nain, you don't like that. In particular, this is now clearly a war of aggression. ”

"I'm glad you consider my feelings. But I don't want you to give up on your will. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you', I still understand this truth. And isn't it even more uncomfortable for me to see you like this!"

"I'm sorry. ”

"They all said don't do it. Naine complained a little and then changed the subject, "It's already talked about anyway, so let's talk about it today." What the hell is going on?"

"What's the situation?"

"War, of course. ”

"Ahh......h On the surface, just like what you just said, this is a unique landscape. As he spoke, Li Mengxi reopened the newspaper, "Yesterday, the Imperial Duke 'Haagenda' was defeated and died. ”

"Häagenda, one of the twelve lords of the empire and the owner of the largest territory in the south?" asked Nain confirmatively.

Hearing this, Li Mengxi couldn't help but feel surprised, and then asked rhetorically: "You know!"

"Uh!" Hinata tilted her head a little embarrassed, "I've heard about it, too." After all, it's all over the street. ”

Why, so you're paying attention. I always feel that all my patience has been in vain. But that's right. After all, "soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be overlooked."

While thinking so, Li Mengxi continued to speak: "In this way, in half a month, the land in the southern part of the empire, which accounts for one-third of the empire's territory, has completely fallen into our hands. ”

"It seems that they can do it without your advice!" "Naine laughed a little sarcastically.

"This is a matter of course, as the saying goes, 'three stinkers beat Zhuge Liang', not to mention three Zhuge Liang? Speaking of Zhuge Liang, do you know what the art of war he is best at?"

"How could I know about such a thing? Speaking of which, the character of Zhuge Liang has only heard of a big man who seems to be very famous and has a good head. ”

"Uh! I always feel that you are very sorry for others, but you are also a great man who is a household name!"

"Since you say that, it's okay for me to say 'I'm sorry'. But what is not interesting is not interested!"

"Ahh In that case, I won't sell it. Zhuge Liang's best art of war is 'arrogant soldiers will be defeated'!"

"Why do you mention this?"

"Because, I'm worried about whether our army will be in this state now. ”

"Richard's strategy seems to be to turn all the captured lands into kingdom territory. This is clearly a pattern of cannibalization. However, our army is now advancing in a whale swallowing situation. As a result, the battle line will inevitably be lengthened, both horizontally and vertically. In this way, the greatest weakness of our army will be exposed. ”

"Wang's weakness?" Naine was puzzled. In her opinion, the king who keeps winning should overwhelm the other party in all aspects, not to mention the strongest spear of the player team.

Of course, this kind of thinking can only end until Li Mengxi gives an answer: "Quantity." This is the biggest shortcoming of our army. Excluding the four major knightly orders as mobile strike forces, the total number of our troops is about 400,000. Of these, 200,000 were stationed in the country as reserves. The troops that Richard handed over to Commander Edlaide and are now fighting in the empire are actually only 200,000. On the emperor's side, although he lost 100,000 troops in the previous march on the Western Front, the 500,000 troops hoarded on the Eastern Front retreated without much consumption under the wise judgment of the enemy generals. In addition, its original domestic reserve combat power. There must be an army of millions. Then, after all, it is someone's land, and if you launch a national army, there may be millions. ”

"Millions!" Naine couldn't help but be taken aback, "It's impossible! By the way, isn't that 500,000 people the army in the south that we defeated?

"Mostly so. However, in the past half a month of war, the enemy's main black armor army has not appeared once. The only people who have been fighting our army are the private knights and serfs of the imperial nobility. That is, the enemy's elite was not damaged, and only taking the rabble delayed our army for half a month, presumably the preparations for the north, including the counterattack, were already a complete situation. ”

"Fight back! You say the other side will fight back!"

"It is impossible to annihilate it, but it is possible at the level of stopping our army from advancing or repelling it. As I said earlier, the front of our army is too long. First of all, it is ...... horizontally," Li Mengxi drew an arc in front of Nayin's eyes with his hand, "Even if you line up 200,000 people to fill this line, it's impossible, not to mention that we need to divide our troops to garrison each occupied area and main road." Today, I think the only troops that Edlaide can use are basically the four knights that were originally used for mobile strikes. If we push forward a little further, I don't think it will be possible to march again, otherwise the four knights will fall into the position of being alone. Even if you have a player army as the backbone, it is really unbearable to face hundreds of times more enemies. What's more, it is likely that he will not be able to take care of the army. The inevitable result of an excessively long horizontal front is a gap in the defense, and the enemy is afraid that the enemy will repeatedly penetrate the rear with mobile troops of 10,000 men, attack the supply lines or break the absolute minority of garrisons. This is also the flaw in the longitudinal line. The Four Knights then had to hunt down the enemy forces in the occupied area. Of course, the other party will not just wait in one place to be caught, and will wander around before the consumption of materials reaches a certain level, that is, to change places with one shot. The Four Knights can only be constantly mobilized and exhausted. And the worst case is that when the four major knights are pinned, the king**, who is sparse because of the division of troops, is divided and surrounded by the enemy. ”

"Isn't that bad!" Naine exclaimed, "You should go to the royal city now!"

"Calm down!" Li Mengxi immediately soothed, "I'm just speculating." Because, it stands to reason that the other party should not be able to do this kind of thing. ”

"How can it not be done? Obviously, if we do this, we will be defeated!"

"Because, in the final analysis, wars between countries are actually fought against the state system. Li Mengxi said with a smile.

ps: I wanted to update it from last time, but it seems that I forgot about the New Year. There's no way, so I can only have time to write a little, this mode.