When Wu Qidao and others came to report outside the camp, Wen Sheng had already been helped to a corner by Wen Miao, and his mood gradually calmed down.
"The coach asked me to wait in such a hurry, but is there any urgent military situation?" Wu Qidao entered the commander's tent and asked straight to the point.
Yan Bing smiled, slowly took out the envelope from his arms, handed the battle map inside to Wu Qidao, and said briefly: "There are no outsiders here, please pass it around and let everyone express their opinions."
Wu Qidao took the map with a puzzled look on his face, and then took it to the general platform to watch with other school officials. The sharp-eyed Qianhu saw Wang Wensheng sitting in the corner, so they looked at Yan Bing and asked tentatively
: "Coach...this is...?"
"Oh, I'm just my apprentice, you don't have to mind, just feel free to say whatever you want." Yan Bing said in a nonchalant manner, and then leaned back on the commander's seat with a natural look on his face.
She said this deliberately, not because she didn't trust them, nor because she was afraid that the news would leak out, but simply because she didn't want to put any psychological pressure on them, because she needed to test these saplings that she had watered with Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-six Stratagems.
, what kind of fruits will be produced.
Yes……
This is actually an exam!
And they weren’t even given any questions, so they had to discover them on their own.
"This! Your Majesty, is this journey... feasible?!? Hundreds of miles of Gobi! There is no water source! This..."
The first question was quickly discovered by everyone, so Yan Bing followed them and asked them the key to the question.
"This time our army marches westward and has mobilized a total of 30,000 war horses and 40,000 pack horses, 70% of which have been mobilized by His Majesty's army."
As soon as Yan Bing finished speaking, all the school officials immediately gathered around and rustled for a while, and finally pushed the most eloquent Zhao Kaixuan out.
After all, this is obviously a discussion about the emperor's strategy. If you say something, you may move your head, so you must speak tactfully. So Lao Zhao was forced to have no choice but to step forward and said in a deep voice: "Coach...
...His Majesty's plan is unexpected, but... our armaments are far beyond what we used to be, and our combat power is even worse than before. This risk... Actually... it's okay not to take it. We all think that Your Majesty is a bit...
I’m anxious…”
Zhao Kaixuan is indeed a veteran. He felt that he was not tactful enough, so he quickly added another explanation: "Oh, we are not trying to figure out the holy will! It's just a matter of war...!"
Yan Bing smiled, raised his hand, and made a "please" gesture, indicating for them to continue looking, and then continued.
Zhao Kaixuan understood and returned.
"That's what I said just now! Whose turn is next?"
"Do you still need to ask? It must be our turn after you and Lao Wu have finished talking! Go, Lao Wu!"
"Hey!! You guys! You are so unjust!!!"
"Say it! Anyway, it was the same idea among us. If we make a mistake, we will be punished together!"
"That's right! You have become a general, so you should take the lead!"
A few people argued in a low voice for a while, and then pushed Wu Qidao out.
Wu Qidao was pushed forward several steps, unable to stand still. He turned around and glared at them. They all looked at the sky, turned around, and snickered secretly.
"That...coach!" Wu Qidao stepped forward with an embarrassed look and said: "After we saw the battle situation, we briefly discussed it and agreed that this deployment...there is still a loophole that needs to be filled before it can be considered seamless...
"
Yan Bing sat up, looked at Old Wu, smiled, and started scolding.
"If you have something to say, say it! If you have something to say, let it go! Why are you hesitating all the time!? What's the matter? You still think I can go to the emperor and report to you!?? Four words! Discuss the matter as it is! Tell me!"
When Lao Wu heard this, he also got angry. He scratched his neck and said: "You asked me to say this! I will arrest Black Jinwei later! You have to go get me!!!"
Yan Bing was immediately amused and said loudly: "Speak directly if you have anything to say! I will take the blame!"
"Okay! I'm just waiting for your words!" Wu Qidao stopped pretending, took off his helmet, and walked around in the handsome tent holding the helmet while talking.
"First of all! Since the opponent already knows the route of my troops, they should fight steadily! Advance all the way! But now they divide their troops on their own and expose the back and belly of my army to the enemy! Your Majesty's deployment! Although it can lead to a quick victory! But it is just a failure. Increasing the risk! It’s really unwise! But now that the deal is done! It’s too late to say anything! Then our top priority now is to block this hole quickly! Then we can join the army! Only then can we sit back and relax!”
After hearing this, Yan Bing lifted up her skirt and jumped up, and asked excitedly: "Then let me ask you!! Where is this loophole!!??"
"Dunhuang!!!" Wu Qidao raised his hand and pointed to the southwest, and continued: "Ruovaro's troops were divided into two groups, all the way south along the Irtysh River! Confronted with our army! And the other group, from Almaty, through Cross the Golmud Grassland, then go north, gather at Dunhuang, and then capture Yumen! Cut off our army's food route! In less than thirty days, our army will collapse! We will lose everything!!"
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
Yan Bing applauded with a look of relief on his face. He was obviously very satisfied with the answers given by everyone. At the same time, he also threw the most difficult question in the entire exam to everyone...
"The thousands of defenders at Dunhuang are certainly nothing to fear. So what if I want to surrender without a fight?"
Hearing this, Wu Qidao was slightly startled, thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Siege the city... cut off food... and then persuade us to surrender!"
Yan Bing smiled and shook his head.
"It takes too long, and if the enemy guard is ruthless, the people in the city may become "two-legged sheep", and the first ones to bear the brunt must be the border residents who were taken away by me before Daliang..."
"Then this... we must not only surrender without fighting, but also achieve a quick victory... it's a bit overwhelming..." Wu Qidao said while looking back at the other school officials.
Everyone frowned, bowed their heads, speechless, and seemed helpless.
Yan Bing chuckled.
It’s not their fault. After all, there are limits to what military books can impart. Instead of explaining it clearly, it’s better to let them understand it directly...
Thinking of this, Yan Bing said loudly to everyone: "Generals! Listen to my orders..."
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the next day
Twenty thousand Tongshun troops passed through Jiayuguan in a mighty manner and arrived at Yumen Pass that day.
The third day
Then starting from Yumen Pass, passing through Anxi City, the troops were divided into two groups...
A team of 500 people, equipped with a large number of pack horses and baggage, headed west and entered the Gobi Desert against the wind.
On the other side, a large army, more than 19,500 people, crossed the Shule River directly and went down the river on the west bank of the river. They started fifty miles away from Dunhuang and left behind every other mile. A team of 100 people camped along the river. When the troops arrived at the west gate of Dunhuang City, 10,000 main troops were left behind to camp down the river, while the remaining 4,000 people continued to follow the camp plan of 100 people per mile and headed south along the river. We camped for another forty miles.
The Dunhuang City guard, Wanyan Kruda, stood on the city wall, looked at the opponent's company, and smiled directly...
"This is to cut off the water source of our army!?? Could it be that the wells in my city are all out of order!!?? They also said that this witch led two thousand people to destroy Beizhen!! What kind of person do I think I am!! The result
Nothing more than that!! Hum hum…”
Although Wanyan Kruda kept mocking him, he did not take it lightly. He turned to the deputy general next to him and said: "General order to the whole army! There will be a battalion of twenty people to guard all the wells in the city day and night, and arrange two thousand-man teams.
Patrol back and forth to prevent the enemy from secretly exploring and poisoning the well!"
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At the same time, in the woods more than 300 meters outside the city, Yan Bing was observing the guard on the city wall with a telescope... Even the proud expression on his face was clearly visible...
Although there is a language barrier, and even at this distance she can only hear the wind in her ears, it is not difficult to guess what the other person is thinking just from the expression...
Yan Bing slowly put away the telescope, sighed, and then showed an evil smile.
Who can blame this?
It can only be said that for those who understand modern warfare, bullying these ancient generals is as easy as a dimensionality reduction attack...
The fourth day
A huge "unidentified object" slowly floated over Dunhuang City...
The people in the city who didn't know what happened thought it was a "miracle", and they all knelt down to worship and spread the word from word to mouth... However, no one noticed that a convoy of horse-drawn carriages ran out of the military camp outside the city, chasing the "unidentified object".
The direction goes all the way.
In the afternoon of the same day, Sun Wu from the "Xingtian Camp" sent a complete schematic map of Dunhuang City to Yan Bing, and clearly marked twenty-nine circles on the map.
This is the location of all the water wells in Dunhuang City...
Yan Bing ordered people to copy forty-nine copies and handed the map back to Sun Wu's hands. Sun Wu took the map and rushed back to the Gobi on horseback, following the direction in which he came and the "secret notes" along the way.
In the beach...
fifth day
The "miracle" has come again...
But what is different from last time is that this time the one floating here is no longer alone...
Some people in the city started counting with their fingers, and found that there were forty-nine!!! Immediately, a large number of people knelt down again, and even many soldiers in the city knelt down.
On the ground, he clenched his hands into fists and prayed devoutly...
Until these "miracles" flew over Dunhuang City one after another and dropped strings of black spheres, the soldiers and people in the city thought they were "blessings" from God.
It wasn't until the moment they saw these spheres falling on the ground that they immediately turned into huge fireballs, accompanied by huge roars, trembling of the earth, and collapse of buildings, that people began to run away, thinking that this was a sanction from God.
!Punishing myself for not being pious enough.
After a long period of suffering, as these "unidentified objects" moved away, the roar and dust in the sky gradually stopped.
On this day, the twenty-nine wells in the city, and even the surrounding buildings, were all reduced to ruins...
Dunhuang City entered the first day of water shortage...
