As mentioned last time, the soldiers of the Hong Army paid attention to teamwork rather than heroism, and in fact, in battle, Liu Hou's soldiers did not boil with blood, did not charge bravely, and did not fight the enemy hand-to-hand without fear of death.

His soldiers were calm, neat, and quick to repeat a set of fixed movements, all of them with only indifference and machinery, so that they could shoot their guns or shells as quickly as possible, and form the maximum lethality in the direction prescribed by the officer.

Such a form of war is destined to be difficult to appear heroes, of course, there are not no heroes in the Hong army, all of them are heroes in the special forces, but these heroes are heroes because they have completed difficult tasks, not at the cost of sacrifice.

Let the soldiers blow up the turret, it is easy to appear the kind of heroes who want to sacrifice their lives, and in order to cover these heroes to rush to the turret, it is necessary to have many soldiers to participate in the frontal assault, which will kill many people and appear countless "heroes".

In the face of the enemy's powerful firepower, rush to the root of the city wall head-on, and then take a ladder to climb the city wall in the face of the enemy's wooden rolling stones, which is no different from the traditional siege method, how many people will die to rush to the city wall is impossible to estimate, if the enemy is brave enough, the number is enough, and even never be able to rush to the city wall is also possible.

For Liu Hou, this kind of record piled up with human life is unacceptable. Sima Yi was not at all surprised that his strategy was vetoed by Liu Hou, and with his understanding of the little emperor, most of them disdained to use this method of killing a thousand enemies and inflicting eight hundred self-losses.

So, he quickly put forward the second strategy: "Your Majesty, this second strategy is a word 'drag', as long as it drags on slowly, we will definitely win in the end." ”

"Master Sima, what kind of strategy are you, and what is the difference between your strategy and your lack of strategy?" As soon as Sima Yi finished speaking, Deng Zhi jumped out angrily and questioned.

Liu Hou was also a little disappointed in Sima Yi, this old fox was so substandard this time, the first strategy was to be brutal, and the second was simply to slack off and delay time, which was indeed not a good strategy.

Sima Yi said: "No, no, of course, this 'drag' trick is of course a strategy, at least it is also a plan of action, as long as this plan is adopted, there is no need to lose many lives, and the possibility of winning in the end is very high." The disadvantage is that it is a waste of time and materials. ”

Unlike those heroes, Liu Hou, who has a bit of humanitarianism, has always believed that human life is the most valuable, as long as there are fewer deaths, more money, and more time are acceptable. Anyway, I've been waiting for so long, and it's nothing to unify the world later.

Liu Hou said: "Deng Aiqing don't be impatient, let's listen to what Master Sima has to say first." ”

Sima Yi bowed his hand to Liu Hou again to show his gratitude for his maintenance, and then said: "The enemy army only has ten cannons, I don't know if there is any surplus that can be replaced, with the financial and material resources of the Wei State, even if there is, it should not be much, after all, it is not easy to cast this kind of super cannon."

Wei Chen recently went deep into the army, did a little understanding of all kinds of firearms, and found that the cannon will heat up after a long time, and if it is fired continuously and does not cool down in time, there is a risk of exploding. If the Wei army's fire~ artillery continues to fight, I don't know how long it can last. ”

Liu Hou understood what he meant, firearms actually have a disadvantage, that is, they cannot be fired continuously, and they must rest if they have a certain number of shells.

The Wei army only has ten fire~ artillery, and now it is also used in turn, but the Hong army has hundreds of rocket artillery, and the heat of the rocket artillery is far less powerful than the fire~ artillery, and it can continue to be fired for a longer time.

In fact, it is not only the problem of overheating the fire ~ gun, but also the fire ~ cannon is too much, even if it is not exploded, the gun chamber will be worn, and then the performance of air tightness and other aspects will be affected, and the range and accuracy of the gun will deteriorate, so if it drags on all the time, it will definitely drag down the ten guns ~ guns of the Wei army.

Without these super cannons, Tiger Prison is just a mermaid and a woman. Sima Yi said again: "In fact, in addition to cannons, Wei has a fatal shortcoming, that is, gun~medicine. Weichen estimated that there should not be much fire~ medicine in Wei's reserves. The two main raw materials of fire ~ medicine are saltpeter and sulfur, as far as Weichen knows, there are no saltpeter mines and sulfur mines in Hanzhong.

That is to say, the raw materials for the manufacture of gun~medicine or gunpowder~medicine in the Wei State should have been made or collected before retreating into Hanzhong, and after entering Hanzhong, it was impossible for them to get more gun~powder. In that case, their fire ~ medicine will be a little less.

After everyone listened to his words, they suddenly perked up, this truth is actually very simple, but everyone didn't expect it for a while, and now after being understood by Sima Yi, everyone knows that what he said is true.

According to the information sent back by the "CIA", it is true that no saltpeter and sulfur mines have been found in the Hanzhong area. In this way, it can be determined that the amount of gun~powder in the Wei State is limited, and according to the haste in which they retreated into the pass, the gun~powder they transported in at that time will definitely not be too much.

In that case, the situation will be very clear, as long as you play a war of attrition with them, the Wei State will sooner or later consume all the gun~, and this day will not come too long. This seems like a viable option, if not in a hurry.

This plan will definitely drag down the Wei State in the end, and their fire ~ medicine is to fight a little less, while Shu Han has almost unlimited sources. There are now several saltpeter mines and sulfur mines in Shuhan, there are more than 100,000 captives in mining, and countless workers in the "Ministry of Industry" are working day and night to produce gun~ medicine and firearms, which are continuously supplied to the front line.

Under the long-term situation, one day Wei's fire~ medicine reserves will be emptied, but no one can predict how long this time will take, maybe a few days, maybe a few months, no one knows the bottom of their hearts.

If the time drags on for a long time, the army will consume a lot of materials, even if you don't count the gun~ powder used in the confrontation with the Wei army, just the food and daily necessities consumed by tens of thousands of horses are a terrifying number.

Therefore, if the time drags on for a long time, in addition to the patience of the Hong army, including the little emperor Liu Hou, there is also a need to have sufficient supplies, otherwise, Shu Han may not be able to afford it.

Moreover, in order to let the Wei State continue to consume fire~medicine, the Hong army must also continue to launch attacks of a certain intensity, otherwise people can put away the gun~medicine and not use it. And these attacks will inevitably take a human life. Therefore, this seemingly beautiful plan is not as good as it seems.

"Alas" Liu Hou sighed and said, "Sima Aiqing's two plans are really not the best strategy, and it is better than nothing." However, if everyone has no better countermeasures, this method can only be used first. ”