Wei Changtian just arrived in Guanghan County with Chu Xianping this morning.
Also coming with them were Xu Suisui and Shen Ran.
Now Ning Yongnian has opened grain warehouses across the country in an attempt to lower grain prices through a large amount of grain reserves for the court.
Wei Changtian definitely couldn't let him succeed easily, so Ying Shengsheng ate the food again openly and secretly.
As a result, Xu Qingwan and Lu Jingyao were naturally busy running around, so they both stayed in Shuzhou City.
Of course, even if they were not busy, Wei Changtian would definitely not bring them to such a dangerous place.
In fact, he didn't want to take Xu Suisui with him.
But the former threatened "revolutionary friendship" and said that "comrades" should advance and retreat together. In the end, Wei Changtian reluctantly agreed to her.
As for Shen Ran...
"Since the teacher is going to Guanghan, students should follow him."
These are his original words.
Wei Changtian didn't know why Shen Ran was convinced by Xu Suisui in just a few days, but he didn't bother to care about it. As soon as he arrived in Guanghan, he, Chu Xianping and Liang Zhen got into the meeting hall and started military drills. It has lasted for a full four hours now.
...
The so-called war exercise, the full name of which is "war game deduction", is a kind of simulation of the war process that needs to be carried out on the sand table based on the military strength of both combatants and various objective conditions.
In previous lives, due to the development of science and technology, most military exercises were basically completed by computers.
Although there are no computers now, there are also no strategic weapons such as aircraft, aircraft carriers, and cruise missiles that require complex calculations.
Therefore, it is still necessary to continuously improve one's combat strategy based on the results of military exercises before going to war.
What's more, Wei Changtian now holds the enemy's complete combat plan, and the results deduced based on it are of great reference value.
Of course, with his "military quality", he is definitely not qualified to perform military exercises in person.
But fortunately, there are also Liang Zhen and Chu Xianping.
The two men had just conducted the first round of military exercises. Liang Zhen commanded an army of 300,000 to suppress the rebellion, and Chu Xianping commanded the Shu army. The result was a great victory for the Shu army.
Now the positions of the two sides are reversed, with Chu Xianping playing the enemy chess piece and Liang Zhen playing the Shu chess piece.
The second round of military exercises is already halfway through, but the situation is not as clear as the first round, and the balance of victory and defeat has even been tilted towards the "Da Ning side".
The reason is that Chu Xianping did not arrange his troops according to the "established strategy" leaked by Han Zhao.
"..."
"Brother Chu, do you think Ning Yongnian might take over midway?"
Frowning and stopping the military exercise, Wei Changtian decided to figure this matter out first.
Their previous battle plan was completely based on the battle plan of the imperial army.
And this means that as long as Han Zhao "acts" strictly according to the plan, he will definitely win.
But now Chu Xianping does not conduct military exercises as planned, which shows that he feels that the development of the war situation may deviate from the track.
In Wei Changtian's view, if this really happens, there is only one possibility -
That was when Ning Yongnian stepped down personally and took over the command of the army from Han Zhao.
That's why he asked.
But Chu Xianping obviously thought more.
"Sir, Ning Yongnian took over midway, which is just one of them."
Shaking his head, Chu Xianping slowly put down a small red flag in his hand: "Although General Han should not betray the young master, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and there are several deputy generals in the imperial army. Sometimes General Han may also
I can’t help myself.”
"Therefore, we cannot rely too much on General Han. We need to be prepared in advance to adapt to changes."
"According to circumstances..."
Staring at the green flags on the sand table that were faintly surrounded by red flags, Wei Changtian was speechless for a long time.
According to the previous plan, this war could be divided into nine major steps.
1. The imperial army that wants a quick victory will storm Guanghan County as soon as it arrives in Shuzhou. However, the Shu army will be "lost" in five days and break out of the weak link intentionally left by Han Zhao to attack Shu.
Retracement in the direction of Zhoucheng.
2. The imperial army that captured Guanghan City will definitely not leave too many people to garrison. Most of the army will "pursue the victory" and follow the Shu army straight to the direction of Shuzhou City.
3. The Tengu Army hidden in the Shiwan Mountains appeared and recaptured the weakly defended Guanghan City in one fell swoop, but cut off the logistical route of the imperial army.
4. The sudden appearance of the "human-male mixed army" is bound to shock the imperial army. Although they are in a situation of being attacked from both front and rear, their numbers still have an absolute advantage, so Han Zhao will make a very "reasonable" decision to move forward.
Attack, directly attack Shuzhou City.
5, and then they will enter Niutoushan, the only dangerous place in Shuzhou, where they will fall into a huge "trap" that Wei Changtian has laid out long ago, and will be violently blocked by the Shu army who suddenly turned back.
6. After this battle, it is conservatively estimated that the imperial army will lose at least one-third of its men, and the army's supplies will be basically exhausted. Although the number is still superior, morale will be low, and they will be faced with a dilemma -
Either continue to move forward, catch up with the Shu army who also suffered serious losses before the supplies are exhausted, and then capture the Shuzhou city with few defenders.
Either retreat, recapture Guanghan, which has a weaker defensive force, re-open the logistics supply route, and make long-term plans.
7. After some weighing, Han Zhao will choose the latter, but on the way back, hundreds of thousands of monsters will come out from the west in the form of a beast tide, giving them a fatal blow.
8. At this time, the imperial army only had 20% to 30% of its strength left at most, and was faced with the situation of having the Shu army at the back, the Tengu army in front, monsters on the sides, and no supplies.
9. The war is over.
"..."
Although it sounds like the whole plan is very simple and crude, the complete version is much more sophisticated.
Wei Changtian and the others have been fully prepared for almost every step, and will "force" Han Zhao to make very "reasonable" choices at every key node.
And now that there are an additional 100,000 Dali reinforcements, the fault tolerance of this plan has been greatly improved.
Therefore, in Wei Changtian's opinion, this battle may be tragic, but the suspense of victory or defeat is not great.
Um......
The premise is that Chu Xianping's crow's mouth will not work.
Rubbing his forehead and looking helplessly at the intricate little flags on the sand table, Wei Changtian really didn't know how to "act accordingly" if something unexpected happened.
The battlefield where hundreds of thousands of people gathered was too complicated, and it was obviously far beyond his ability.
Fortunately, Liang Zhen still kept his head clear.
"Master Chu."
He suddenly raised his head and asked Chu Xianping: "Where do you think an accident is most likely to occur?"
"Here, Niutoushan."
Chu Xianping clicked on a mountainous area on the sand table without hesitation.
"The Battle of Niutoushan is the most important battle and the battle with the most variables."
"The trap set by the young master is indeed very powerful, but no one knows whether it will have the expected effect."
"And if we fail to hit the enemy hard here..."
"..."
Chu Xianping looked at Liang Zhen and Wei Changtian with a serious face, stretched out his hand and drew backwards on the sand table.
Amidst the sound of "crash", all the small green flags along the way fell down.
Immediately afterwards, a city that looked extremely huge even on the sand table shattered into pieces.