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Guan Ying's words made all the ministers in the Great Han Palace gasp.

Invest 400,000 people to fight the Xiongnu in the Western Regions?

what does that mean?

The big man has never played in such a big battle.

Not even the Qin Dynasty, or the more distant and chaotic Warring States Period, had ever fought such a large-scale war.

Don't look at the historical records of millions of people invested by both sides, it's all just clouds. The fastest updated PC version::/

If they follow their calculations and configuration, if the Han army now invests 400,000 people, it can at least claim to have invested 2 million people.

Because each person in the Han army is a soldier and a combat force, and the logistics personnel are not included in the calculation.

It is for this reason that everyone was so shocked after hearing Guan Ying's investment of 400,000 people.

"Guan Ying, don't pretend to be confused because you understand. Have you calculated how much these 400,000 people eat and drink every year? Aren't you afraid that the imperial court will not be able to pay the troops and will disrupt the morale of the army?" Zhang Cang was really anxious and didn't care.

Without any regard for face or status, he directly pointed at Guan Ying and yelled angrily.

Although Guan Ying has said before that now is not the time to worry about money, I really can't get that much money.

"Money can be solved in other ways. If you can't pay military salaries, at worst, you can get tax exemptions. At worst, you can give out grain. If it doesn't work, you can release it and give out various products instead. As long as you are nervous for a few years, you can exchange for at least a hundred years of stability, or even

Further, doesn’t Zhang Shangshu still understand this account?” Guan Ying responded sharply.

"I..." Zhang Cang pointed at Guan Ying angrily, wanting to refute, but he didn't know how to refute.

I don't even know how to refute it, but what Guan Ying said seems to make sense.

"Tell me what you think!" Faced with Zhang Cang's complaint, Wang Buxu simply ignored it.

The short-term difficulties are not considered difficulties. The war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea was equally difficult and even poorer, but wasn't the battle still fought?

What can I do if I don’t fight?

Looking at it now, if we didn't fight back then, the United States would now be able to deploy all kinds of disgusting things at its doorstep.

And what about reality?

Although the little brother is not so obedient sometimes, the existence of the little brother still attracts a lot of attention from the Southern Dynasties, preventing them from focusing all their energy on their own family.

Although today's Han Dynasty is also very poor, it is much better than China at that time.

The enemy is not that strong either. The ones who are more powerful now are our big men.

So, what is there to hesitate about?

What else is there to worry about?

"Your Majesty, I believe that although the last war was a victory and a huge blow to the Xiongnu, it was only a temporary solution."

"Now the Huns have found a solution in the Western Regions."

"At this time, the Xiongnu have shown their ambitions, so this time the imperial court will either not fight and give them the entire Western Region, giving them decades to develop with peace of mind, and the Han Dynasty can also develop with peace of mind.

?Let’s have a decisive battle then!”

"If we win, we will send troops to recover these places? Then we will spend decades working hard to remove the traces left by the Huns."

"Or take advantage of the fact that the Xiongnu has not gained a stable foothold? Send out heavy troops directly? Kill it completely!"

"In this case, if there are no Huns in the north, the entire grassland will be empty."

"Without the Xiongnu in the Western Region, can the Han Dynasty successfully take over? After all, the Xiongnu have not left any influence anywhere yet? If they did, it would definitely be a very bad influence."

"I have fought against the Huns. After they defeated them, they were absolutely crazy and would never live in peace with you."

"So although it is difficult now, you only need to grit your teeth and persist for a few years. The south can send 50,000 people to recover the cities in the southern part of the Western Regions, and use this opportunity to directly change them into a county system, and the imperial court will send officials to govern them.

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"At the same time, prepare a team of 100,000 people to attack from south to north, and then prepare a team of 100,000 people to be divided into two parts? Attack from the east and west sides respectively, and another 100,000 people from the north? Form an encirclement on all sides, with a peripheral

Place some more troops? Use them to deal with fish that slip through the net."

"If the last war was to weaken the Xiongnu's future war potential, then the purpose of this time is to eliminate the Xiongnu's current combat power and make him disappear completely."

The tactics of guanying are actually very simple. There are no underhanded tricks involved.

It's face to face. I will surround you from all sides, then gradually narrow the circle of encirclement, and then kill you bit by bit so that you can't even run away.

Although the routine is simple, once successful, the rewards will be huge.

But again, because too many troops were involved and the battlefield was too wide, it was very possible for the Huns to escape from the encirclement in time once they got the news in advance.

Just like the siege of Mayi, the Huns discovered it and withdrew in time.

Because the Han army's mobility could not keep up with the Huns, they could only watch them leave but had no choice but to do anything.

"This plan of yours, in my opinion, 400,000 people is simply not enough!" Wang Buxu shook his head.

In history, the largest number of troops invested in the war against the Huns was 300,000. It was also the final decisive battle, a key battle that determined the outcome in one battle.

But before that, the two sides also fought many wars, and the Xiongnu's strength was constantly weakened.

Four hundred thousand people is indeed a lot, but it is still far from enough to defeat the Huns in one battle.

Even if they were equipped with war horses, the Xiongnu's maneuverability was still superior to that of the Han army.

Encirclement is not 100% successful, and there is a risk of failure.

But how to reduce this risk?

In fact, the answer is very simple, start with two steps.

The first one is a refined strategic arrangement, starting from the details to prevent the news from leaking or the Huns being aware of it in advance due to their own mistakes.

The other is to increase the number of troops and increase the scope and density of the encirclement. Even if you know it, you still can't escape.

But in a war of this scale and with this kind of tactics and strategies, Wang Buxian couldn't afford it, and he wouldn't do it like this.

But since we have to fight...

"Move the military camp of Shu County to the north and detach 100,000 men to capture the southern city walls of the Western Region. The remaining troops will go north. The Yunzhong Military Camp and the Yuyang Military Camp will join forces and go around the grassland to block the north and west sides respectively. As for the east...

..." Wang Buxu thought about this plan seriously.

There are 200,000 people in the Shujun military camp, and the total number of Yunzhong and Yuyang is 270,000, but this is only 470,000.

Continue to draw?

It's not difficult, but we really can't draw out so many people. Even so, it's just a piece of chicken feathers, and the military camps in various places have to allocate troops to fill holes in other places.

But since we have done this, the west side has to be blocked.

Then, Wang Buxu looked at Guan Ying again.
Chapter completed!