Chapter 179: Miscalculation
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In fact, because of the large amount of grain purchased and transported from its own world, the current Xia border pass is fully equipped with the materials and food to support the lives of 300,000 refugees for a year. At the same time, there is no problem of food and grass at all with an army of more than 100,000 people. This can directly attack Daming Mansion at all.
However, the city defense forces in various parts of Daming Mansion are sufficient, although their combat power is not as good as the border army of Xia State, and even less as good as the Fire Phoenix Army, but with the city wall as a defense, it is still difficult to attack. The egret didn't want to spend much on the strategy of the Daming Mansion, because the next step was not only to face the Daming Mansion, but after taking here, he would face the elite army of the Chu State, the official army from the Guannei.
The political situation on the side of the Xia Kingdom was initially decided, even if the princess regent's ability to grasp the situation was high and how fast she prepared for war, it would still be difficult to raise an army to fight in all directions in the short term. If it weren't for the destruction of the border army of the Chu State, the opportunity is rare now, and the egret itself does not want to take the risk and organize an attack on the border pass of the Chu State so quickly.
Capturing the area of Daming Mansion is equivalent to planting a thorn in the border of Chu State, which can be attacked and defended. The pressure on the Chu State to face the two-front battle of the Xia State and the Han State has greatly increased.
Moreover, this granary of the deep valley, even if the Xia Kingdom is really short of food, it cannot be attacked. In the previous analysis, the egret deliberately misled the Liu family, and his words were half-true. He didn't make it clear how Han would react once Xia decided to attack the Valley.
Han is a country that seeks to survive between Xia and Chu, and the desire to fight is not strong, but this does not mean that the other party does not want to expand. No matter how stupid the Han State is, it can't let the Xia Kingdom develop like this, this move is a move that upsets the balance. Therefore, as far as the interests of the Han State itself are concerned, he prefers that Han Hu, who has a low desire to fight, occupy this land, and does not want to be taken away by the enterprising Xia State. Therefore, once the Xia State attacks the Hidden Valley, there is a high probability that the Han State will unite with the Chu State, turn their backs on the Xia State, and even repel the Xia State's army.
The egret wanted to mislead the Chu State with this, and the Daming Mansion led the army to send troops to support, which was nothing more than to mobilize the small army of the Daming Mansion itself, so that the next Xia State's direct attack on the Daming Mansion would be smoother.
So when Zhou An came to Zhou Chengling with the egret, the egret had already thought of a rhetoric.
Zhou An's introduction made Zhou Chengling pay attention to the egret in an instant. The name of the Liu family is a beauty in the eyes of a twilight boy like Zhou An, but in the eyes of Zhou Chengling, it is no less than the minister of the Qin Mission. What kind of people are these Liu people, Zhou Chengling is clear.
"I didn't expect that Lu Gongzi turned out to be a figure valued by everyone Liu. Disrespectful and disrespectful. Zhou Chengling changed his angry attitude almost instantly, and said with some respect. "It's really ashamed to say it, we are so overwhelmed by the military actions that Xia Guo may take, and the soldiers under this hand are useless, but it makes Lu Gongzi laugh. ”
"Zhou Cheng made the Lord speak seriously. The egret said unhurriedly, he looked around and smiled slightly. "Daming Mansion is an important economic city at the border of my Chu State, and the officers and soldiers under my lord's hands are all strong and brave, but they lack some combat experience, where is it so unbearable as adults say. Xu is too demanding, so he is not satisfied. ”
These words made the soldiers around very happy, because the Daming Mansion is not short of money, these officers and soldiers are actually very well equipped, almost no need for the Praetorian Guards in the royal capital, they are all armor and weapons made of fine iron, compared with the border army, it is simply the difference between RMB players and ordinary players. Therefore, it is difficult to ensure that these people do not have a sense of superiority in their hearts. It is true that as the egret said, what they are poor is just a little combat experience.
"As for what kind of military action the Xia Kingdom will take, I came here this time to relieve your worries. The egret smiled confidently.
Saying that, Bailu did not hesitate, but said everything that everyone He Liu said, including the analysis of Zhang Changyan and Zhao Xifeng.
"To sum up, I think that the most urgent issue at the moment is to prevent the Xia Kingdom from seizing grain and grass from the valley of the Han border army. As long as the other party's action to grab grain is hindered, then the Xia State will be in a logistical trouble, and for a while, it will be impossible to continue the war with the Chu State. ”
"Okay!!" Zhou Chengling listened excitedly, "Listening to your words is better than reading a book for ten years! It is true, it is true! This Xia Kingdom seems to be a powerful army, but it is for the sake of grain and grass logistics, and I have not considered this much." Yes, the purpose of the Xia Kingdom should be to seize grain and grass, they have so many refugees, there is no food, how can they fight. In this way, my Daming Mansion is worry-free!"
"Don't be overly happy, sir. Even so, it can't be said that my Daming Mansion is completely worry-free. Bai Lu continued, "If I were the commander of the Xia Kingdom, I would definitely not only put my hope on the valley to grab grain, in the area of this Daming Mansion, there are also many granaries and official grains of the family, and it is difficult to guarantee that the Xia Kingdom will not fight on two fronts." Therefore, the defense that should be in place is also essential. ”
"In the current battle, the most important thing is to divide troops to support the valley, and secondly, to do a good job in the defense along the northern route, and concentrate the troops between the three counties everywhere, and use each other as horns. In this way, adults can rest easy. ”
"Yes, yes, what Lu Gongzi said is!" Zhou Chengling smiled, "Thinking about it, Lu Gongzi already has a plan, and with Lu Gongzi's plan, if you want to come to this Xia Kingdom, you will definitely not be able to please it." Ha ha. Come on, take 500 gold with me and give it to Lu Gongzi, thank you Lu Gongzi for your advice!"
Egret and Zhou An were stunned at the same time. The egret secretly screamed in his heart, and the city government was very deep in the heart of the city order this week, and he didn't even see it. I thought that Zhou Chengling would look at the recommendation of the Liu family and give Bailu the position of leader or military advisor, but he didn't think that what this old guy wanted was just a way, and he didn't want to give up his military exploits at all.
This consideration was reflected almost instantly, Zhou Chengling thought that the egret was a member of the Liu family, even if he acted completely according to the strategy of the egret, Zhou Chengling did not feel hindered, but if the egret was allowed to lead, this nature would be different. After all, this egret was recommended by the Liu family, and if it is a leader who succeeds, most of the credit will be credited to this egret, and even the Liu family itself will also get credit for promoting talented people, but the credit that can be obtained by this week's city order is very rare. It's not enough to go to the next level on your own.
This is also the reason why Zhou Chengling immediately rewarded and wanted to exchange money for strategy.
This is an out-and-out old fox!
The egret scolded in his heart, and he didn't count the old fox's heart in the end, and it was really a wise man's thoughts.