The king shook his head and smiled: "Generals in ancient and modern times, who doesn't want to use soldiers like arms? However, the battlefield is unpredictable, and mobilizing thousands of people brings countless difficulties. The competition for victory and defeat is not just on the battlefield?
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Naturally, the two people who were deducing the war in the barrier could not hear these words, and Zhao Shui was also gradually exploring the situation on the battlefield.
Unlike the expected situation where the enemy could be detected by sending out scouts, various situations on the battlefield often took a long time to appear before his eyes. Zhao Shu felt like an old man with dim eyesight.
The news sent back by the scouts was mostly specious. Sometimes it was said that there was a large part of the enemy army here, and sometimes it was said that the enemy army was building a fort there, and there were several groups of scouts who never returned.
Zhao Miao was scratching his head and feeling worried, when Lingxiao's words suddenly sounded in his mind:
"Deploy 10,000 people to the east road to the mountain pass and occupy the valley. Send Huandou people to the front line to replace the scouts and hide in the mountains and forests as sentry posts."
"How did you..." Zhao Shu didn't expect that Lingxiao would suddenly say something to remind him at this time.
"Just do as you're told." Lingxiao's tone was cold, and she seemed a little dissatisfied.
Zhao Shu didn't dare to ask any more questions. He raised his hand and sent ten thousand soldiers and horses into the East Road Pass. A dense group of red lights moved slowly. Before they were in place, Lingxiao said again:
"The west road is rugged and difficult to navigate, so five thousand troops were sent into the mountain pass to speed up the march and try to seize Jiyin Valley. The remaining troops took the middle road to the mountain pass, and at the same time sent scouts to find out the paths between the mountains."
Zhao Miao followed suit one after another, and after a while, the Huandou people who were sent out sent back battle reports one after another, saying that the Huaxu Kingdom's army was advancing along the middle road, and the wandering Pigbill people were killed in pieces.
They fled back to the south one after another.
"Are we going to gather these pig-beak people? There are thousands of them." Zhao Shu asked.
"Ignore this group of stragglers. You let the Eastern Route Army continue to move forward. After reaching the valley, find the upper reaches of the river. Cut wood and cut rocks to block the river. Leave a group of soldiers and Wu Zhu to guard it, and the rest camp hidden outside the valley." Lingxiao.
Words.
"Can we still do this?" Zhao Shu concentrated for a moment and found that the pile of light hairs seemed to understand his thoughts and indeed began to move. The water flow was cut off in the upper reaches of the valley, and a lake gradually formed at the high altitude.
"This picture of mountains and rivers is the proof that Liang Tao used to understand the mysteries of creation and deduce the changes in heaven, earth, mountains and rivers." Lingxiao said coldly: "Liang Tao created a Taoist kingdom in the world. It was not just a simple change of dynasties, but also his pursuit of immortality.
One step. If you can understand the creation of heaven and earth, you can open up a cave. All phenomena in the world can be included here, not to mention you dispatching troops and generals?"
"That's it." Zhao Shu seemed to understand but not understand.
Looking at the people outside the field, they saw that Zhao Shui divided his troops into three groups. Many people, especially the head of the pavilion who had experienced the Five Kingdoms War, had strange expressions. Zhang Duanjing's face was slightly gloomy when he saw Zhao Shui mobilizing the Eastern Route Army to block the river.
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"Split the troops into three groups? Doesn't this weaken our own military strength?" The leader of Fei Lian Pavilion shook his head and said: "After all, Zhao Shui is not a battle-hardened man like Liang Xiao. It is completely a random deployment of troops."
Xu Zhouzi, the leader of the Jiangzhen Pavilion, sneered: "I don't think so. Liang Xiao looks rampant and ferocious on the surface, but he is timid in using troops. The middle road is wide and flat, and building forts along the way consumes a lot of manpower."
The head of the Yunzhu Pavilion said: "It is best to prepare for the camp step by step. The mountains and forests of Jiuli are full of miasma, poisonous snakes and insects, and the river valleys are damp and hot. Soldiers are susceptible to epidemic diseases, so it is inappropriate to march hastily."
"Soldiers need to be quick. If you are worried about miasma and poisonous snakes, then your advance should not be delayed!" Xu Zhouzi snorted coldly.
The head of the Yunzhu Pavilion seemed dissatisfied. He looked at Liang Tao and asked with a flattering smile: "I wonder what the head of Liang thinks?"
However, Liang Tao's eyes were focused, as if he had never heard anyone else's questions, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
At this time, the two armies in the middle were gradually approaching. After several brief tests and confrontations, the Jiuli army under Zhao Shu was at a disadvantage and had to gradually retreat.
Zhao Shu, who was in the barrier, also received the news of the defeat of the middle front line. Although it was just a hypothetical deduction, he could not help but feel nervous. Even if he could mobilize thousands of troops, when it came to the actual battle, he could not accurately control everyone.
Soldiers, the arrangement of each team of soldiers and horses.
The current situation is like sending the chess pieces to the opposite side to fight with the enemy. As for the outcome, it is not up to Zhao Shu to decide. It feels similar to throwing dice on a gambling table. The outcome depends on luck.
"Is it possible that in Liang Tao's eyes, the army of the Jiuli Kingdom cannot defeat the Huaxu Kingdom?" Zhao Shu muttered to himself as he looked at the retreating Central Army.
Lingxiao said: "The various ministries of the Jiuli Kingdom have sent out troops to form an army, so there will naturally be a risk of disunity among the troops. If we face a head-on confrontation with the Huaxu Kingdom's army, our chances of winning are doomed to be slim."
Zhao Shu quickly opened the scroll, and it did mention the situation of the Jiuli Kingdom's army. He couldn't help but ask: "In that case, why do you want me to order the army to attack the enemy camp?"
"Since Liang Xiao is a man who has experienced battles for a long time, he can't be lured out of the camp by pretending to be defeated. Only actual defeat can allow him to mobilize the army to pursue him." Lingxiao said.
"But what if Liang Xiao refuses to pursue? I think he was always moving step by step and fighting steadily, which is completely unlike what he said and did on the surface. The West Route Army has already arrived at Jiyin Valley and has not encountered any enemies." Zhao Shu couldn't help but question it.
, and then added: "Perhaps the frontline military information was not transmitted back in time. Maybe by the time I receive the news that the West Route Army encountered the enemy, the frontline has already been defeated."
"Let the West Route Army pass through the mountain trails and harass the enemy's back roads for food and grass transportation." Lingxiao did not panic.
Zhao Shu had no choice but to do as he was told and wait for the news to be passed back and forth. The Central Army had already been defeated for a while. When he saw this situation, he could not help but feel a little panic in his heart.
"It seems that I am not the material to be a general." Zhao Shu stepped on his feet and shook his legs, thinking to himself: "Obviously it is just a deduction, but I still can't help being nervous."
Zhao Shu knew that he still had some thoughts of winning and showing off. Especially in public, no matter how Zhao Shu said that he had no intention of winning, he was deceiving himself.
However, with Zhao Shu's knowledge and background, he was asked to form troops and command tens of thousands of troops, which was simply to send thousands of troops to a dead end.
This once again confirms that one thing is that the level of cultivation has nothing to do with the ability to deal with military affairs. There are specialties in the arts. When monks like Zhao Shu really go to the battlefield, it is best to follow the arrangements of the generals who command the army and do what they should do.
Self-righteous.
Zhao Shu felt that this military deduction conducted by Liang Tao was to show the rich heritage of the Yongjia Liang family to the king and the various houses, proving that they not only had the inheritance of immortality, but also had elite soldiers and generals who dominated the country.
The middle route army retreated all the way, just as Lingxiao expected. Liang Xiao sent chasing troops to kill them all the way, making it particularly difficult for Zhao Shu's side to control the situation.
Fortunately, there were several villages along the middle road, and Zhao Shu could only let the remaining soldiers stay here. It took a long time just to clean up the remaining soldiers and repair the fortifications. This also gave Liang Xiao the opportunity to mobilize most of the subsequent troops.
Fortunately, at this time, the West Route Army crossed the mountains and ridges and finally reached the middle route, whereupon they attacked Liang Xiao's grain and grass logistics.
Zhao Shu followed Lingxiao's arrangement and ordered the Western Route Army that was harassing the grain road to retreat with one strike. The scouts who stayed nearby discovered that Liang Xiao had other garrison troops in the rear, and the grain road was quickly restored.
The leader of the country who was fighting on the sidelines nodded and said: "Zhao Shu's move is similar to the current situation. The soldiers and horses of the Jiuli Kingdom are especially good at trekking through the mountains. In the past, when our army tried to advance, they would always come out of the mountains and harass the rear."
"But Liang Xiao is obviously prepared." Mrs. Zhu Zi said.
The king still shook his head: "This is just a deduction. Once the war breaks out, how can it be so easy for the army to march? Besides, Liang Xiao has no guarantee of victory."
Madam Zhu Zi asked: "Will Liang Xiao lose?"
"Zhao Shu used his troops to lure him from beginning to end. The west route army crossed the mountains and raided the grain road. The middle route army retreated to the walled city and cleared the fields. This was to force Liang Xiao to find another way out." The king stared at the mountains and rivers in the barrier.
His eyes showed rare sharpness: "Maybe he is also demonstrating to Liang Tao."
Madam Zhu Zi followed the king's gaze, looked at the East Road Valley, and said, "That's it."
While the two were discussing, Liang Xiao had already sent troops to attack the position of Zhao Shui's middle route army several times, which was difficult to capture for a while. In addition, the west route army in the rear harassed the grain road again and again, making Liang Xiao's offensive more and more exhausted.
Therefore, Liang Xiao left some troops to contain the middle road, and the rest of the main force turned to the east road. After a difficult journey, he finally reached the east road valley and found no enemies, so he repaired on the spot and prepared to go south later.
"Do it." Lingxiao said to Zhao Mi, "Let Wu Zhu destroy the river dam."
Zhao Shu made a prompt decision, and Wu Zhu, who had stayed in the upper reaches of the river in advance, used magic to destroy the river dam and immediately caused a mountain torrent to surge down.
In an instant, most of Liang Xiao's camp in the river valley was immediately submerged by the flood, and nearly half of his troops were killed in the waves.
Upon seeing this, Liang Xiao knew that he had been tricked and immediately ordered the remaining troops to get out of the mud. As a result, he ran into an ambush on the east road at the exit of the valley. The main force was defeated at the first touch and had to retreat back to the valley.
The water-filled depressions, corpses strewn across the fields, and the hot and humid mountains and forests were almost perfect conditions for an epidemic to break out. Although Zhao Shu's troops did not pursue them, Liang Xiao's men were unable to fight anymore and were on the verge of collapse.
At this time, Zhao Shui's middle route army had completed its repairs, and they attacked together with the west route army, defeating Liang Tao's troops and forts guarding the middle route one by one. At the same time, he sent the chisel-toothed people to the east route, allowing them to fight with Liang Xiao's remaining troops.
As a result, the Huaxu State army under Liang Xiao was almost completely destroyed. Although there were still defenders at Jianjia Pass, the victory or defeat was already determined.
Outside the barrier, many people witnessed the changes in the battle situation. Liang Xiao originally seemed to have a chance of victory, but turned to the east road and was immediately defeated.
Those who had just praised Liang Xiao greatly and disparaged Zhao Shu had very ugly expressions at this moment. They couldn't help but look at Liang Tao. But this Liang Guoshi was not angry, but his eyes were getting deeper and deeper.
"Master Liang, the deduction has been completed and the spells can be removed." Xu Zhouzi reminded him.
Liang Tao did not comment, and with a wave of his hand, the mountains and rivers within the barrier dissipated like mist, and the figures of Zhao Shu and Liang Xiao reappeared.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, our Huaxu Kingdom has gained another general!" Xu Zhouzi said without hesitation in his praise: "If it hadn't been for Liang Shouzuo setting up this deduction, we would still not know that Marquis Zhenming is proficient in the art of war."
The king smiled and said: "The father of Marquis Zhenming was a general who died in the Five Kingdoms War. It is not surprising that he is proficient in the art of war."
These words brought Zhao Shu back to his senses, and he quickly raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am just a fluke, and I dare not claim to be familiar with the art of war!"
"A fluke? I don't think so." Liang Xiao held the bloody halberd. He was not depressed by the failure of the war deduction. He looked at Zhao Shu with a look that was less arrogant and more scrupulous:
"If I guessed correctly, you planned to lead my main troops to the east road from the beginning. After several attacks on the middle road, you saw that I would not pursue too deep, so after the middle road was defeated, I formed a solid wall in front and a solid wall behind.
Is there an attack on the grain road all to lure me into turning to the east road and walking step by step into the ambush you set?"
Zhao Miao's expression was complicated: "This...I also beat him randomly."
"You are not just fighting randomly." Liang Xiao said with a ferocious smile: "Clog the river and wait for our army to go to the valley to repair it. Then we will break the blockade and divert the flood without hesitation. Even if the army is not completely washed away by the sudden flash flood, the camp will be flooded.
It is also destined to be impossible to repair.
Coupled with the ambush in the river valley, I have no way to advance or retreat. I can only stay in the mud and watch the army slowly be exhausted! What a good idea and a good method!"
Hearing this, Zhao Shu was not at all happy. The reason was not for other reasons, but because he thought of his father, Zhao Ziliang.
In order to deal with the Xiong Kingdom's army, his father led his troops to lead them to Fumirage Valley, while Liang Tao used methods to divert floods from afar. The result was very similar to what he had just deduced.
Others didn't know the inside story, but Liang Tao and Zhang Duanjing noticed something was wrong with Zhao Shu's demeanor.
"Why don't you speak?" Liang Xiao stared at Zhao Shu and said, "Even if it's a deduction, you won this time. I have nothing to say."
Zhao Shu was a little confused at this time, and he was not quick to express his words, so he handed over his hand at will: "Friend Liang is like a god with his troops. Zhao is just taking advantage of the convenient location. If we fight in a dignified manner, Zhao will definitely be defeated miserably."
Liang Xiao was not very happy: "What does it mean to take advantage of the geographical advantage? How can you use troops without knowing the right time and place? Soldiers are deceitful. If they only know how to fight hard from the front, even a million troops will not be enough to kill them!"
Zhao Shu was in a daze. He had just deduced the use of troops. He relied on Lingxiao to help him secretly. If he had relied on himself, he would have just let his troops move forward in a daze.
"Your Majesty, if Marquis Zhenming wins the art of war deduction, he should be given another fairy fruit!" Xu Zhouzi said.
"It should be so." The king smiled and nodded to Hongxueke.
Just as Hongxueke was about to pick off the fairy fruit, Liang Xiao suddenly spoke loudly: "Wait a minute! In addition to the art of war and battle formations, I also want to ask Marquis Zhenming for advice!"
Zhao Shu was slightly startled, but Liang Xiao's combative temperament did not diminish. He raised his bloody halberd and pointed it at Zhao Shu: "Didn't you say we should fight openly? We were just practicing the art of war, but in the end we still had to fight to the death with swords and guns.
Fighting. How about having another battle of skills at this moment? If you win, how about getting one more fairy fruit?"