Chapter 4 Strategy

"Salute. Outside a huge tent, the military guards on duty at the door held their heads high, and simply hammered their right hands in front of their chests, and said in a loud voice: "The chief of the general staff of the Huaishang Coalition Army, the Governor of the Five Nations Coalition Army, the general of the Five Nations Alliance, and the prince of the snake Yu Gongzi Wang Yue have arrived." ”

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and Wang Yue, accompanied by Shen Dao and Zhao Wu, stepped in from outside the tent.

In the tent, the entire Huaishang nobles were already waiting.

"Salute!" Dr. Heixi, who held an important position in the General Staff of the Allied Forces, stood up suddenly, and took the lead in saluting a military salute like a soldier outside the door, and the rest of the people, regardless of the monarch and the doctor, stood up and saluted at the same time.

Wang Yue returned the salute and swept his gaze over the kings and doctors in the tent.

More than 20 days have not been long, but the entire coalition army from top to bottom has been completely renewed, and the military system, military law, and military salute that he has vigorously implemented have been fully implemented and implemented.

After a slight look, Wang Yue walked to the top seat and slowly knelt down.

"Zhao Wu, spread the main battle plan for going north this time. Zhao Wu immediately walked to the side, holding a large stack of sheepskins in his hand, and passed them to the nobles of Huaishang one by one in the order of the seats.

Dr. Heicy took the sheepskin first, and was slightly taken aback.

On the sheepskin was a map that included the northern part of the Huaishang Five Kingdoms, Shennan, and the entire southern part of the Cai Kingdom, and he was not surprised by these, but because this map was unlike any map he had seen before, it was incomparably clear and neat.

Just at a glance, he understood the location of various mountains, rivers, geography, and towns, and there was a ruler on the side, indicating how far each certain distance on the map was, converted into how far it was, and turned his head to look at the map in the hand of the doctor next to him, which was exactly the same.

In a moment, there was an exclamation in the tent.

In fact, about Wang Yue's special map, the Huaishang nobles generally knew, after all, Wang Yue asked them for maps of various places at that time, and invited many painters, but obviously, they never thought that Wang Yue would come up with such an accurate and detailed map.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the entire Huaishang nobles, it has been nearly a month and a half since the last Shangyong Alliance gathered troops, and now the most elite 100,000 allied troops in Huaishang have been trained almost, and the time is ripe to go north. ”

"Therefore, I have gathered you all here today to discuss the dispatch of troops. ”

Wang Yue's faint voice sounded in the tent: "The map you see now is the main plan of the Huai army to go north, and the arrows on the map represent the direction of our army's main attack and defense. ”

"Once this plan is finalized, it should be implemented wholeheartedly, and there should be no objections or doubts. ”

"Now, if any of the nobles have any questions, my son can answer them all. ”

The nobles glanced at each other, and looked down at the picture, this picture is simple, Wang Yuezhi's main plan, it is even simpler, but not many lines are drawn, they can all understand, after a while, Dr. Lu Li straightened up.

"Snake Yu Gongzi, seeing the plan on this map, it seems that Gongzi is not ready to lead the coalition army too far away from Huaishang?"

Wang Yue nodded slightly and said, "What Dr. Lu Li said is right, in this plan, the main body of our coalition army is not too far away from Huaishang. ”

"This is mainly due to the logistical problems of thousands of coalition troops, and the doctor in charge of logistics should know that the longer our army's northward battle line is pulled, the difficulty of supplying grain, grass and materials will increase exponentially. ”

Dr. Lu Li said: "That's true, if you follow Gongzi's plan, our army's logistics will be extremely easy. ”

"The logistics were easy. Dr. Heixi straightened up and said, "But can we achieve the purpose of our coalition forces?"

"Absolutely. Wang Yue said: "This time, our army went north, and what we did was a strategy of yang strategy. ”

"First of all, one of my most elite 100,000 coalition troops will attack directly into Jidi from Yang Zhai, so as to clear all enemies in Jidi in a short time, and then turn into a defensive state here, waiting for the next 200,000 coalition troops to follow. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the geographical location of the Zhuyi of the Cai State is in the east of the Shen State, in the south of the Xiang Kingdom, in the Huaishang Jing Kingdom, and in the north of the Qiu Kingdom, and at the same time it is the only way for the Cai State to enter the Shen Kingdom to the west, and the strategic significance here can be said to be extremely important. ”

"My Huaishang coalition army only needs to get stuck in Jidi, then the Jidi soldiers and chariots that invaded the Shen State suddenly lost the rear, and because the Jidi soldiers, chariots and soldiers are all requisitioned in Jidi, just imagine, if the Jidi warriors and soldiers hear that their homes are occupied by my Huaishang, how much of their mind is in the Shen Kingdom?"

The nobles of Huaishan nodded in unison, and Doctor Haixi said: "Gongzi only has this hand, and the pressure on Shen Guo is greatly reduced, and if there is no pressure from the military chariots, Shen Guo only has its own strength, and if he mobilizes all forces, he may be able to deal with the Zhu clan and the horse army that Zixiang Guo crosses behind him." ”

"As for the soldiers who dare to fight back, I Huai Shang's elite coalition army is waiting for work, and there is a new method of warfare, so I can win lightly. ”

Wang Yue said: "This is the first stage of our army's northward expansion plan to seize Jidi, and then enter the second stage, Huai Shang 200,000 coalition troops follow up to occupy the line of Ji Di and Yangzhai, and turn Ji Di into the rear of our Huai Shang 100,000 elite coalition troops in Cai State." ”

"After my 100,000 elite coalition troops are freed from the defensive ground, they should fight around and against the ground, and enter the Shen State to the west to break the Zhu clan to rescue the Shen State, to the east to ravage the Zhuyi of Cainan and shake the Cai State, and to the north to support the other countries. ”

"In this way, the strategic situation of our army's northward march this time should have a great advantage, and all the initiative is in our hands. ”

"Everyone, look at the map, the elite coalition army marched west to Shen to destroy the Zhu clan, not only weakening the power of Cai Guo, but also rescuing Shen Guo, and at the same time strengthening the anti-Cai force, going north to support Xiang Guo, then Cai Guo will attack the elephant army and the chariot must divide the troops. ”

"If there is less of it, I will break it casually, and if it is more, the pressure of the country will be greatly reduced, and as for the ...... to the east."

Wang Yue smiled: "There is no need to go east, Jiang State, Shanglu and other provinces in the north of Yongguo will not dare to go south to harass easily, because as long as he dares to do so, our army can easily break his home when he goes east, and cut off his way back, and then there is the remaining domestic military strength to cooperate with the two phases, and its entire army will be destroyed." ”

"Wonderful!" Dr. Haixi praised, and for a moment all the doctors in the tent praised him, but Tao Guojun said: "The widow is not very involved in the military strategy, but he also knows that the plan of the prince is here, which can be described as exquisite, but there is a little doubt. ”

After a little deliberation, Tao Guojun said: "In this plan, Gongzi does not seem to have any intention of looking for a decisive battle with Cai Guo?

Qiu Guojun also said: "The words of Tao Guojun are also a question of widows. ”

Wang Yue nodded and said: "The two monarchs have a heart, this is the third stage of my plan, at this stage, our army will not look for the main force of Cai Guo for a decisive battle, but wait for Cai Guo to be unable to bear to take the initiative to fight me, in fact, the entire three stages of my plan, its purpose is like this." ”

"The specific strategy, in the second stage, is still 200,000 rear troops entrenched in Yangzhai and Jidi at the beginning, and our 100,000 elite coalition troops will attack. ”

"At this time, our coalition army is no longer just to support the Elephant Kingdom, but to seek an opportunity to annihilate its division of troops that should respond to me, and then the Elephant Kingdom can attack Caizhong, or it can go straight to Cainan, or even go straight to the rear of its attacking elephant army vehicle to cut off its back road, seeking to destroy it with the internal and external blows of the Elephant Kingdom Shang Longjun. ”

"Everyone, if you are the commander of Cai Guo, how do you choose in this situation?"

The nobles in Huaishang all smiled and said: "We must get rid of the elite of our Huai army." ”

"Wrong. Wang Yue denied: "In fact, at this point in the strategic situation, Cai Guo is already extremely difficult, and it is absolutely impossible to destroy the elephant, but our army can set fire everywhere in its rear, and even cooperate with the power of the elephant country and even the Shen country to destroy him, and he has no other way but to retreat." ”

"And once it retreats, our army can follow and seek fighters to kill and injure its living forces, if there is no chance, the plight of the elephant country will be completely solved, and the next thing is the time for our Huaishang and Xiangshen tripartite alliance to counterattack. ”

"Our army's operational plan will also truly enter the core of the third stage: eastward march to Cainan. ”

"The so-called eastward march to Cainan is based on the fact that the Xiangshen crisis has been resolved, and the 200,000 military vehicles stationed on the front line of Yangzhai and Jidi in the rear of our elite coalition army strategically moved eastward to Cainan, turning Cainan into the previous Jidi, and at the same time, the logistics of the coalition army is no longer supplied from the direction of Jingguo, but from the direction of Yongguo and Jinan, and the difficulty of supply is actually similar to that when Jidi, it can easily support our coalition army for a long time. ”

"With Cai Nan as the rear, our 100,000 elite coalition troops can easily attack from all directions to attack and harass the entire territory of Cai Xi, Cai Zhong, and Cai Dong, forcing Cai Guo to go south to find our army for a decisive battle, and then defeat it in a battle and win a complete victory. ”

"What if Cai doesn't come?" said one doctor.

"Cai Guoren is not coming?" Dr. Lu Li sneered: "If he doesn't come, won't he sit back and watch my Huaishang recover the lost territory in the past and become a fait accompli, and he will have to endure the 100,000 elite coalition troops of the Snake Yu Gongzi to attack in all directions and conquer the city?"

"What if Cai Zhong invades Jidi?"

"Then they're just looking for death. Doctor Haixi said: "Our army only needs to go to Cai Zhong to cut off its back road, so in the end, Cai Guoren can only and have to seek a decisive battle with our army, and the sooner the better."

He straightened up and saluted around: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have no doubts about the plan of the Snake Yu Prince, and I think that there will be no better plan than this, if it can be fully implemented, I will be able to easily get everything I want on this trip north." ”

"If it can be fully implemented, this strategy can be completely successful, and there is almost no big risk. Tao Guojun said with a smile: "There is no doubt about the widow, and I am afraid that there is no such good business in the world." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" Wang Yue looked at the other Huaishang nobles, all of whom had no doubt.

So Wang Yue finally looked at the strategic plan that had cost him countless amounts of energy recently, and said: "Since the nobles of Huaishang have no doubt, the plan of our alliance army to go north this time has been established, and then it is up to you to work together to turn it into reality." ”

Finally, after the discussion with the Huaishang nobles, the strategic plan was agreed, and there was no doubt about the movement of the coalition forces.

Before the northward march, there was another major event, that is, to ascend to the altar to pay homage to the generals, and formally establish Wang Yue's absolute authority in this coalition army in front of 3,000 soldiers and soldiers in 300,000 military chariots. (To be continued.) )