The principles of war should be measured, this is a truth that everyone understands.
Blindly charging does not necessarily lead to victory, and the Laoya Mountain camp in front of you can clearly prove this truth. No one present wants to be the first person to be hit with a bloody head since entering Sichuan.
Sacrifice.
Looking at the generals under his command who suddenly became solemn, Li Xingchen couldn't help but shook his head. It was a good thing for these guys to realize that the road ahead was difficult, but Li Xingchen didn't want to frustrate the morale of the army. At that moment, he said lightly:
"Although Laoya Mountain is steep, is it really impossible to conquer it?"
Chen Zhishen, Cao Zhong and others looked at each other subconsciously, while Li Xingchen stretched out his hand and pointed on the map: "Look, there are many mountains outside Bajun. If the enemy sets up a camp on every mountain, then we will really be deterred.
Not going forward?"
Xiao Shilian raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Xingchen, and Lu Zhiwu couldn't help but said:
"General, we all understand this, but as General Chen said, the navy is our biggest advantage. If we give up the navy, we really don't need to take Laoya Mountain. We can completely bypass it from the north or the south bank of the river. But in this case
It may be more difficult for us to attack Bajun, and the war will become stalemate and change over time. Therefore, the general will feel that we still have to fight in Laoyashan."
"General Lu's words are too hasty," Cao Zhong couldn't help but retort, "What if Laoya Mountain cannot be defeated? What if our army suffers heavy losses in Laoya Mountain?"
Lu Zhiwu said dissatisfied: "Then what General Cao means is that we won't fight?"
"Of course we have to fight, but we can't fight randomly," Cao Zhong said solemnly, "We might as well divide our troops into two groups, pretend to attack Laoya Mountain all the way, and attack Bajun all the way."
Chen Zhishen couldn't help but say at this time: "This is certainly a good method, but if we attack Laoya Mountain with too few troops, not only will we not be able to capture Laoya Mountain, but we will easily expose the main force to the enemy in Laoya Mountain, and
If we have too many troops, we may not be able to take Bajun..."
After a pause, Chen Zhishen frowned even more: "Moreover, our siege equipment mainly has to be transported by naval ships. If we cannot capture Laoya Mountain as soon as possible, the siege equipment will not be transported, which will increase the variables...
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At this point, everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Li Xinchen. Obviously they had big differences now, so they had to wait for Li Xinchen to come to an accurate conclusion.
Putting his hand on the map, Li Xingchen said with a smile: "In the final analysis, Laoyashan and Bajun are two nails that are difficult to remove. No matter where we concentrate our attacks, we may suffer too many casualties, and no matter where we divide our forces, we may suffer nothing."
If successful, then we will simply not use these two methods and change our approach."
"Shizhong, what do you mean?" Xiao Shilian frowned. The only methods he could think of were actually the two proposed by Chen Zhishen and the others, but as Li Xingchen said, every method has weaknesses, and now they
What is needed is absolute victory, so there is no way to guarantee that this weakness will not be exploited by the enemy.
Especially the fact that they sent troops to Laoyashan first to control one of the throats of the river shows that the generals in the city are still somewhat capable.
Li Xingchen's expression became solemn: "It is true that both places need to be attacked, and neither is easy to fight, but don't forget that the ground is dead, but people are alive. What we have to do is not to make ourselves chaotic.
Instead of losing the enemy's position, we let the enemy lose his position."
His eyes swept over Xiao Shilian and others, and Li Xingchen sighed with emotion: "There are many dangers on the line from Bajun to Linjiang County. Compared with Laoya Mountain, the mountains closer to Linjiang are obviously more dangerous, but the enemy did not come forward to test it.
, just stationed at Laoya Mountain, which shows that the enemy general is not as strong as imagined, and is even a little conservative."
After a pause, Li Xingchen then said: "Be conservative, what we are fighting is conservative, and the generals will obey orders!"
"The general is here!" Xiao Shilian and others all trembled.
This battle is about to begin!
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Cheng Feng, the governor of Fuling County and the captain of the field, stared wide-eyed at the basin surrounded by hills ahead. The food in this small basin was the result of his hard work for several years, but now he may have to give up.
Fuling is named Fuling, but the county government is in Hanping County instead of Fuling County. Because it is located in the southeast of Bajun, far away from the river, it cannot shield Bajun at all. The county government was set up here to deal with the Han people at that time.
In the context of the large-scale southward movement, the county government was set up in the mountains further south to encourage the people to go south to develop land; secondly, it was naturally to guard against the Ba people who appeared in the mountains to the south.
But now the enemy Cheng Feng has to face comes not from the south, but from the north.
The three counties of Linjiang changed hands within three days, and the whole Bajun was shocked. Bajun's rescuers rushed to various prefectures in Bashu separately. Unfortunately, Cheng Feng could not do anything except clear the country and stand firm to wait for help.
Because he only has four to five hundred field soldiers under his command. The so-called field soldiers are synonymous with the old, weak, sick, disabled, and prisoners. Bashu has not fought a war for many years, so the possibility of prisoners can be eliminated.
Therefore, in addition to mobilizing the men in the city, Cheng Feng could only hope that the enemy would not disturb him. After all, no matter how he attacked Bajun directly along the river, it would not affect Fuling County, so Cheng Feng could completely sit down
At the top of the city, watch the waves rise and the clouds disappear.
"Prefect, this piece of land that we have worked so hard to cultivate was really burned down by a fire?" An old soldier looked at the basin in front of him distressedly and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
They, the field soldiers, led by Cheng Feng, reclaimed land in the mountains and basins around Fuling County, and finally managed to grow some food. However, it has not yet matured, and if it is burned down now, it would make anyone feel sad.
"That's right, Prefect, our Fuling County is in the mountains. Even if the enemy wants to attack Ba County, they will definitely not attack us first, so why don't you keep this food?" Another veteran couldn't help but said.
, they are all veterans in farming, and have always been quite familiar with this approachable prefect, so they can speak more directly.
Cheng Feng frowned, of course he was not willing to burn food, but it was really not up to him to decide whether the enemy would come to Fuling County or not. The other party's army was led by Li Xingchen. This young general who rose like a comet has always used his troops treacherously.
This lightning-fast attack on the three counties of Linjiang can be seen, so how easy is it to figure out his thoughts?
Cheng Feng, who has spent at least half his life working in this mountainous area, feels that he does not have the ability.
And how could he not know the thoughts of these old soldiers? They were all a group of abandoned sons of the imperial court, and they actually didn't care who the food was given to in the end.