Liu Bei expressed his thoughts and believed that Lei Gong would definitely focus on defending his retreat, and it would be difficult to implement the strategy of cutting off food.
After hearing this, all the generals frowned. These people are unstoppable in Tianzhu. They conquered an empire of 20 million people with tens of thousands of troops. How could they not be arrogant, but in front of Lei Gong, even Guan Yu must treat them seriously. !
For people like Lei Gong who like to cut off the retreat, it is very difficult for them to cut off the retreat of the Thunder Lord. It is almost impossible.
The best place to choose the battlefield in the Western Region is that the battle line is close to Zhuhan, and they have a geographical advantage. However, the main force of Daqian has to travel thousands of miles to fight them, so they have an advantage.
But Daqian’s powerful financial resources, manpower, weapons and equipment are not comparable to theirs in Tianzhu. Among other things, Daqian can organize millions of people to maintain Xiliang, the food route in the Western Regions! But they cannot do this. In this regard, fighting in the local area is their only advantage. Without the strategy of cutting off food, they can't think of any other good way to deal with Da Gan.
But Liu Bei said confidently: "In a battle with Da Gan, we are not without advantages. Don't forget, starting from the time we escaped from the Han Dynasty, Da Gan's army has not fought again for almost 20 years. A war involving more than 10,000 people." Not a single battle has been fought. It has been almost a generation. The veterans who followed Lei Gong to conquer the world have basically retired. Even the generals at the grassroots level should also withdraw from the army.
The soldiers of the Daqian Army are entirely composed of new recruits who have no war experience at all. The grassroots officers of the Daqian Army are all new recruits with no war experience. In the past 20 years, Lei Gong's men have only fought in the corners of the South China Sea. The savages, or teaching the natives in the New World, such a war cannot provide war experience. Daqian's equipment may be more sophisticated than before, but the combat effectiveness of the army will definitely decline."
"But we are just the opposite. Our Han army has been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years. It has expanded from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. It has fought dozens of battles with more than 10,000 people, and many battles with more than 100,000 people. We have fought more than 5 games. It can be said that the generals who have survived to this day are all experienced officers, and the soldiers at the bottom are also soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. We are the ones who have the advantage over the bottom army in terms of combat effectiveness."
"So why can't we take the initiative, fight Lei Gong head-on, and annihilate Lei Gong's expeditionary force? As long as we defeat Lei Gong, we will definitely make a sensation in the world. By then, we can even take advantage of the situation to conquer the Western Region, and then lead the army into the Xiliang area!"
Liu Bei's ultimate goal in this battle is to return to the Han Dynasty, even if it is the most remote Xiliang, he will accept it! If he can really see Chang'an from afar, even if he dies on the battlefield, he is willing!
Liu Bei's words made the generals think deeply and nod. They had indeed not thought about the problem of corruption in the battle of the army. And this remoteness was inevitable. They understood that for an army, the training of war is irreducible. Without it, After the war, it is inevitable that the combat effectiveness of this army will decline.
At that time, the combat effectiveness of the Central Army of the Han Dynasty was not as strong as the frontier army of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, when the Central Army destroyed the Yellow Turban Army, it was defeated by Zhang Jiao.
In the end, it was Huangfu Song who put down the Yellow Turban Uprising. This makes sense, because only Huangfu Song came from a family of Xiliang military generals. His family had enough experienced grassroots officers to lead the army and enough experienced veterans to maintain the army. Because of his combat effectiveness, Huangfu Song was able to win every battle in the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty. Others did not have such experienced officers and veterans, so they could only be defeated (the emphasis here is on Zhu Jun, one of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty). His record is the best!)
And the same experience is applied to this war now. They have been fighting in Tianzhu for more than ten years. Whether they are the upper-level generals, the middle-level officers or the lower-level veterans, they have fought through hundreds of battles. It can be said that now It is Liu Bei's army who is at his most powerful. If these veterans are no longer able to fight, their Zhu Han's combat effectiveness will plummet. This cannot be changed by manpower!
Judging from their experience, the combat effectiveness of Da Gan's army must be several times worse than before. With the geographical advantage, they may not be able to avenge their humiliation on Lei Gong!
Many generals have even begun to discuss this point. If they can really defeat Lei Gong once, they are really willing to pay any price!
But Pang Tong immediately retorted: "Your Majesty sees the Daqian Army from the perspective of the Han army, but the truth may not be as good as your Majesty expected. Although the combat effectiveness of the Daqian Army has declined due to the retirement of veterans, the extent of the decline It is definitely not as high as His Majesty imagined."
"I will tell you about my experience at Daqian University. I was admitted to the Mechanical College in Jidu. The first month was military training. In this month, I learned simple physical training, queue training, simple Military and political training. Although these trainings will not allow me to immediately learn to lead troops in battle, I can still command about 10 people."
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"There is such grassroots officer training, which is available in almost every elementary school, middle school and even university in Daqian. With these schools that train officers from an early age, Daqian's army may lack combat experience, but their strength will definitely not be bad. After a few battles, the army's combat effectiveness will increase rapidly and even catch up with us very quickly. Coupled with the superior equipment of Da Gan Army and Lei Gong's powerful command ability, we may not be able to rashly engage in a decisive battle with the main force of Da Gan Army. win!"
After saying this, Pang Tong said seriously: "This battle is related to the life and death of our Han Dynasty. Even if Lei Gong defeats him, he will lose tens of thousands of troops at most. This is not even a traumatic event for Dagan with a population of hundreds of millions." , even the territory of the Western Regions is not considered Daqian’s homeland, and he can even quickly form an army to attack again.”
"But Your Majesty, if our army is defeated, the hundreds of thousands of troops that Your Majesty spent more than ten years training may be completely wiped out. Without this army to suppress Tianzhu, our Han Dynasty will be really in danger. By then, I will only fear that the entire army will be destroyed." There is no place for us anymore!"
Pang Tong's words were not polite, but they listened. Indeed, they could only be regarded as outsiders in Tianzhu. If there was no army to suppress them, the whole of Tianzhu might be in rebellion.
At that time, they will not have the confidence to conquer the world again. Even now, they cannot believe that they can have such a career in Tianzhu. Such a miracle is rare, and they do not have the time and energy to conquer the world again. Well, the youngest general here now, Wei Yandu, is over 40 years old.
If they really can't defeat, then all the achievements they have established in Tianzhu will disappear. Such an ending makes them shudder!