The military conference is still ongoing, and everyone has once again discussed the two existing flat strategies. Zhuge Liang discovered a very miraculous phenomenon.

From the beginning of the military discussion to the present, Pang Tong's words have been unexpectedly few.

That's weird.

If you talk about the strategic layout of light, in fact, among all the people on the scene, Pang Tong's level is the highest person.

And now in the Northern Expedition, which is related to the national fortunes of the Han Dynasty, Pang Tong did not say a word, which is really abnormal.

"Shi Yuan didn't say much today, but he had a good plan?!"

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang hurriedly asked.

And Pang Tongma hesitated a little, then smiled reluctantly and said, "There are indeed some ideas, it's just. Needless to say! ”

That's right, it's not reasonable.

"Since it is a military discussion, it should be said freely, why can't it be said?!" Zhang Xi asked puzzled.

Xu Shu also followed and said, "The words of the chief of the Yuan are very good, if Shi Yuan has a strategy, why not speak freely, we will refer to it together." ”

The three of them asked together, and Pang Tong sighed, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "The old man does have a strategy. Some wonders, but out of place. This Northern Expedition should be a battle to destroy the country, and stability should be the first, so the old man's strategy is not to speak!! ”

The meaning of Pang Tong's words, in fact, everyone understands.

What is needed in the war of annihilation is steady, and it is okay to push flat, and what Pang Tong is best at is Qice, which is unexpected. Even if he had a strategy, considering the particularity of the war to destroy the country, Pang Tong also felt that his strategy was a little imperfect, so he didn't want to make trouble.

But let's do it. Zhuge Liang listened and became interested.

"Shi Yuan might as well say it!"

This is just what others say, Zhuge Liang said. Even Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.

Your kid and that Zhang Yuanchang are both virtuous people, both are cautious people with soldiers, if you can try not to take risks, why are you looking for a strange strategy when you are in this kind of war to destroy the country? !

Not to mention Pang Tong, even the remaining four people all looked at Zhuge Liang and came out of the west today? !

Zhuge Liang was also a little embarrassed to see it, so he could only cough and pretend to say, "The way of using soldiers, with the right fit, with the odd victory. The combination of right and strange is the royal road. ”

Let's say this. It's a misinterpretation of "The Art of War".

The "Qi" in "The Art of War" does not mean "Qice", but refers to the strong adaptability of generals and changeable command tactics when commanding operations. But the problem is that everyone knows that it is impossible for a military strategist of Zhuge Liang's level not to understand this.

These words are just a step for yourself.

Okay, since Zhuge Liang has begun to lose face, then Pang Tong has no scruples.

"The strategy of unification is to add a new route of soldiers and horses, from Pubanjindu to the east of the river, into the annexation of the state, from the annexation of the state to the east, through the Huguan, sneak attack Yecheng !!"

As soon as these words came out, all of them, including Zhuge Liang, stopped talking.

are all wondering about the feasibility of this strategy.

Of course, if it is just such a strategy of marching all the way, this plan is really not too good, Cao Wei only needs to send someone to close the pot and block the passage from Bingzhou to Jizhou.

Obviously, Pang Tong's intention was to divide the third route of troops and horses on the basis of the two parallel advances discussed earlier, and carry out this sneak attack strategy.

Generally speaking, whether it is from Hanoi or from Dongjun, it is within everyone's expectations, whether it is Guo Huai or Sima Yi, they will predict this kind of advance in advance, which is also the reason why Zhuge Liang wants to "Qice".

Strategy is too easy to guess.

But if there are such changes along the way, can there be an effect of hiding from the world?!

It's really hard to say.

Moreover, even if the soldiers and horses on this road fail to break through the Huguan in the end, as long as they can sweep away Hedong and enter Bingzhou, they can contain most of the soldiers and horses living in Hedong County and Hanoi County, and create an opportunity for the Han army to attack Hanoi and march eastward into Chaoge.

At this moment, the strategic choice of attacking Hanoi has become more, and it will not be blocked by Cao Wei's side one by one.

At least on the surface, it's a pretty good strategy.

And the reason why Pang Tong hesitated to say it is that . There aren't enough troops.

Whether it is attacking Hanoi or attacking southern Jizhou, at least 200,000 to 300,000 troops are required to be responsible for the inability to mobilize Cao Wei's two defensive lines on the Yellow River.

If you add such a way to attack Hedong. At least 100,000 soldiers are needed to do so.

Otherwise, it can be seen at a glance that this is a partial division, and it cannot achieve the purpose of sweeping Hedong and containing the Wei army at all.

In this case, adding up, at least 400,000 or so soldiers will be needed.

But today's Han Dynasty and the national mobilization can't come out with so many soldiers.

It's not that there are no 400,000 soldiers in the entire territory of the Han Dynasty, in fact, today's Han Dynasty, the county soldiers and all kinds of off-duty elites add up, there are 600,000 people.

But at least half of these 600,000 people cannot be easily mobilized.

It is always necessary to keep people to defend against foreign enemies on the border, to stabilize local law and order and prevent local rebellions, to defend Eastern Wu in Jingzhou and southern Yanzhou, and to take advantage of the fire to rob, you must always keep people, the capital of Chang'an, to protect the Son of Heaven, you must always keep people. Zhuge Liang is full of calculations, and a total of soldiers and horses that can be used for the Northern Expedition are at most 300,000.

If we add another road of troops and horses, where will the troops be drawn from, this is a very big problem.

And this is also the real reason why Pang Tong didn't want to put forward his plan, and he also calculated it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out where to draw these 100,000 people.

But now, the words have been said, and Ce has already offered no matter what you think, the more the six people present think about it, the more they feel that this is really a pretty good idea.

I'm a little reluctant to give up.

And then it starts to get hard.

According to the secret reports from Beidi Xizuo and Liu Fang, Guo Huai now has 100,000 people guarding the Yellow River defense line in the south of Jizhou, in Hanoi County, Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang combined, there are about 50,000 soldiers, Sima Shi in Hedong County has 30,000 soldiers in his hands, plus the entire state of Bingzhou, there are at least 50,000 to 70,000 guards, of which at least half are cavalry Cao Wei's defense depth combined, a total of about 250,000 people.

300,000 people crossed the river to attack, which is already considered to be relatively overstretched, and it is a bit too difficult to divide the troops to form a third route of soldiers and horses.

It's not impossible to make it hard, but the problem is that if there are too many Jingzhou soldiers or Yanzhou soldiers, the Dongwu side. But it's hard to say.

This matter has to depend on how the leaders of the two places are predicted.

In this regard, Xu Shu and Zhang Xi are seriously weighing. And the first person to respond was Xu Shu.

Xu Shu didn't think that he could draw additional troops out.

First, because Yanzhou was newly settled, many local affairs were not sorted out completely, and it was not easy to transfer a military force to concentrate in Dongjun during the Northern Expedition.

Second, from the perspective of guarding against Eastern Wu, if Xu Shu dared to draw too many troops from the south of Yanzhou to the north, then Lu Xun, the old fox, would definitely take the opportunity to send troops.

Today's three counties and one country in the south of Yanzhou, it is Dongwu that occupies two countries and one county, and has the upper hand, if Lu Xun takes advantage of the situation to capture Chen State and threaten Yingchuan County and Chenliu County, then this Yanzhou may really catch fire in the backyard.

Xu Shu really couldn't draw out the strength of the attitude.

Therefore, the pressure can only be given to Jingzhou.

After all, now that the Han Dynasty has recovered most of the land in Jingzhou, only one Jiangxia County is still in the hands of Dongwu, and the garrison pressure should not be too great, right?!

And Zhang Xi is actually thinking carefully.

Since the recovery of the four counties of Jingnan, the pressure on the south that Jingzhou needs to face has indeed been reduced a lot, but the pressure on the east has not decreased at all.

Jiangxia County in Eastern Wu hoarded 80,000 troops from the land and water alliance, and Chaisang County in the south of Jiangxia County also had 50,000 people in reserve here. That's 130,000 people.

With so many troops, if necessary, it is completely possible to launch another Jingzhou invasion battle.

The hinterland of Jingzhou has always been Nanjun and Xiangyang County, and Jiangxia County is just the waterway conditions that can lead to these two counties, and Dongwu is known for its naval combat power. I don't dare to take it lightly.

Originally, the total strength of Jingzhou was not much, and the sum of one state was about 150,000 people, and the last Northern Expedition contributed 50,000 people, and this time an additional 100,000 people were transferred, so Jingzhou would not have to defend it.

Zhang Ximan is full of calculations, and he can provide 30,000 people for the Northern Expedition at most, and these 30,000 people are difficult to guarantee that they are veterans with experience in battle formations.

Otherwise, Jingzhou will be full of loopholes!!

Can. 30,000 people, is that enough?!

Zhuge Liang pondered carefully for a while, and thought. Maybe that's enough.

(End of chapter)