They said they were eating and drinking, but as they chatted, they inevitably got involved in business matters.
Li Wanyun seemed to casually ask about the garrison situation in Jiangdong, and Lin Han naturally told him everything he knew.
"Well, when Yizhou invaded Minzhou County, you were under Li Feng's control for a while, right?" Li Wanyun suddenly asked.
"Yes. At that time, King Fengyang also mobilized three thousand people from his headquarters to support the navy..." Lin Han sighed, "but only more than half of them came back, leaving more than a thousand brothers without saying anything. Prince Fengyang even blamed him for saying
I didn't train my troops diligently, I didn't lead them well, and the soldiers I pulled out were vulnerable. For this reason, Prince Li Feng joined me and almost lost his position. In the end, the Ministry of War recorded a demerit."
"Your soldiers are not fighting well in the war. Shouldn't you be joined by Prince Fengyang? Haha, those who are joined by our Prince Fengyang will lose their skin even if they die. You, Lin Handong, have not been demoted or dismissed from office. You just
It's already a great joy to give you a small excess. If you don't thank God for Amitabha, why are you still sighing?"
Li Hong rubbed his big belly and disapproved. He felt that Lin Handong relied on the power of the Queen Mother, so he had never suffered any losses. Now he was just complaining about a small punishment.
Don’t you know how miserable the generals who were participated in by Li Feng during the Minzhou War were? Four or five of them were beheaded!
"The battle was defeated, and the casualties were extremely heavy. It should be punished. Prince Li Feng has strict military laws. There is no need to say that. It's just that it's not appropriate for him to send my soldiers from Jiangdong to fight water battles. The young general is still arguing with the prince for this.
After a few arguments..." Lin Han shook his head repeatedly as he spoke, but stopped talking.
"General Lin, your soldiers in Jiangdong don't know how to fight on the water? You can't, right? Don't you also have naval forces under your command?" Liu Wenzheng was very surprised when he heard this.
"Lord Wenzheng doesn't know something. The soldiers in Jiangdong County are not locals, but transferred from the mainland. Therefore, they are all landlubbers and are not familiar with water. Some brothers have never been on a boat in their lives, and they fainted when they got on the boat.
, if we encounter another storm, we won’t be able to stand firmly, let alone fight.”
"As for the navy, there is no navy. There are only dozens of small river boats, which are used to maintain order in the port and perform patrol tasks at the entrance to the sea. There are only more than a thousand people in total, and they cannot fight any naval battles at all...
Besides, the heavy infantry that Prince Li Feng transferred was not them."
When Lin Handong heard Liu Wenzheng ask this question, he knew that he, a civil servant, did not understand military affairs.
The troops stationed in various places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, from officers to soldiers, are not locals, but soldiers from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty rotate back and forth to garrison.
This is to avoid the formation of local forces, so although there are many people on the east coast of the Yangtze River who are accustomed to water, garrisoning troops is not necessarily necessary.
Lin Han obeyed King Li Feng's order and did not dare to neglect. He even specially transferred one of his elite troops, thinking that it would be used for land warfare. However, unexpectedly, due to the serious shortage of naval forces in the Zhou Dynasty, Li Feng actually sent these heavy armored infantry directly to the ship.
to fight, which resulted in heavy damage.
This incident made him extremely dissatisfied, and he had a fierce quarrel with Li Feng, but it was not as simple as a few words of argument.
Li Feng was furious, so he joined him, and his words were very harsh. However, Li Wanjiang did not approve it, but handed it over to the Ministry of War for discussion.
The Ministry of War took into account Lin Han's relationship with the Queen Mother and knew that the matter was not actually his fault, so they just gave him a mild punishment and suppressed the matter.
"If it were a prince who didn't understand military affairs, the young general wouldn't be angry, but Prince Li Feng has obviously been leading troops for many years. How could he not know that heavy armored infantry are not good at water warfare? What's more, the opponent is Xiao Xinghan's elite navy.
." Lin Handong was suffocating in his heart. He was just waiting for Li Wanyun's face, otherwise he would just start a fight.
"Well, water warfare is not possible, so what about land warfare and mountain warfare?" Li Wanyun asked again.
"Your Majesty, you are like a god with your troops. Don't you know that soldiers are also responsible for bad things, and the situation changes quickly and treacherously. Therefore, no matter what battle, there is no sure way to win. But if it is a land battle, and the young general leads the troops, and the opponent is almost the same as us, it will not
You can guarantee victory, but your defeat won't be too disastrous." Lin Han said cautiously.
"General Handong, this doesn't sound very encouraging, does it?" Li Hong said with a smile.
"Master Li, you can't just rely on words to fight a war. It is important to improve morale, but it is the morale of the soldiers that improves. We generals cannot act on impulse. We must know ourselves and our enemies, be careful, be cautious, and walk on thin ice."
Lin Handong said.
"Well, what Handong said makes sense." Li Wanyun ordered someone to get a military map and hang it on the wall, but he saw that all the place names on it were pasted up, and they were only replaced by the heavenly branches and earthly stems plus some numbers.
There are also some small characters written on it that describe the basic situation of the city, such as how high and thick the city wall is, how much food and grass there is in the city, how much armament there is, how many troops are stationed, and other information.
"Handong, there are three thousand troops stationed in Bingsan City in Bian'er, Shandong. There are all paths in the mountains, and the defense situation is unclear. You lead five thousand troops to attack from Bian'er, Shanxi. You must capture Bingsan City within seven days. You have to
How to fight?" Li Wanyun pointed at the map and asked Lin Han.
"Let me take a closer look, young general." Lin Han walked to the map and folded his arms to look at it for a long time, then suddenly shook his head, "My lord, this battle cannot be fought, and it cannot be fought, let alone 5,000 people, even if it is 10,000 people,
, and it is impossible to capture Bingsan City within seven days."
"Oh?" Li Wanyun frowned, "Then you don't want to fight?"
"Your Majesty, this Bingsan City is built on the mountain. It has natural barriers and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a bit similar to our Yanyunguan... That is a situation where one man can guard the gate and no one can open it, but the difference is that this is
It is an isolated city, and it is far away from other cities, so the young general’s humble opinion is not to attack him, but to directly bypass it on the right side of the mountain and isolate it.”
Lin Han pointed at the map and spoke eloquently. He thought that Bingsan City seemed dangerous and seemed to be strangulating the throat of the terrain, but in fact, from a strategic point of view, this location was not important.
Just because it is an isolated city with no support, it has no impact on the entire battlefield situation, and there is no need to attack by force.
But if the prince needs the young general to capture this city, it cannot be limited to seven days. He must give me at least two months, because young general I have to clear the mountains and forests and clean the surrounding areas before I can camp under his city.
You can use tricks to provoke the opponent's defenders and lure them out for a decisive battle, so that they cannot rely on the fortified city to hold on. Send death squads to the city at night to harass them. If you are lucky enough to sneak in, you can set fire to it and launch a general attack during the chaos.
Of course, this is just a small plan. The young general thinks that if he wants to capture the city, he can use the method of digging tunnels.
Digging up from both sides at the same time, one is bright, one is dark, one is empty, and one is real. Of course, it is up to us to control the virtual and real.
This method is a bit stupid, and it is extremely time- and manpower-consuming, but it is also the most effective attack method and can also minimize casualties.
In addition, the young general will cut down a large number of trees in the mountains and pile them under the city. When they are blown dry by the wind, they will set fire to them. There are also several strategies available...