Yang Ting did not express her position. She only glanced at General Qin and asked:
"Then in the opinion of the two to five hundred masters..."
"How do you think we should defend ourselves against the enemy?"
Shen Bing's head buzzed.
I'll go, two to five hundred masters?
Isn't that Zhang Xuan, the immediate boss of "Gunner"?
The Qin army's organization is based on the five-digit system.
Five people, one group, ten people, one thing.
Fifty people are called village chiefs, and one hundred people are called hundred generals.
Five hundred people are called five hundred masters, and one thousand people are called two to five hundred masters.
These two to five hundred leaders are Yang Duan and the chief general of the Qin army who stayed in Ci County.
Before Yang Ting took over the defense of the Great Wall, he was in charge of all affairs in Ci County.
Since Shen Bing is a little person with an extremely low status, I only heard his name but never saw him.
"Master Xiaowei." Two or five hundred Zhang Xuanxuan cupped his hands and replied:
"In the opinion of my subordinates, Zhao Jun came here just for a sneak attack."
"Even if they go south along the Zhang River and Fu River, it will only take a few days."
"I don't think we have many troops, so why should we mobilize our troops to ask for help from the general?"
"Of course there is no need to show weakness to the enemy."
"Our army only needs to build walls to fill gaps and rely on the natural protection of the Great Wall. Even if Zhao's army has thousands of troops, it will never come back!"
As he spoke, Zhang Xuan held the handle of the sword and held his chest high, showing a majestic and confident look.
Yang Ting thought for a while, then nodded and replied:
"What the Lord Two and Five Hundred said makes sense."
"According to reports from spies, Zhao's army may have 30,000 soldiers."
"Our army also has 30,000 troops, and we should be able to fight."
Hearing what Yang Ting said, Zhang Xuan became even more confident.
"What the captain said is true."
"The Zhao army is the siege party."
"Its strength is at least twice or even three times that of our army to have an advantage."
"Otherwise, there will be no return!"
This is common sense in cold weapon warfare. The ratio of the offensive and defensive forces should be two to one to be even.
Considering the strong combat effectiveness of the Qin army, three to one is a normal estimate.
If calculated this way, Zhao Jun's 30,000 men would not be enough to capture the Great Wall.
However……
Shen Bing didn't think things would be that simple.
Yang Ting saw that Shen Bing had a different look on his face, so she asked, "The cavalry officer seems to have a different opinion?"
Shen Bing nodded and replied:
"Sir Captain, I think that if we just defend passively, this battle will be defeated..."
Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xuan glared at Shen Bing angrily:
"How brave!"
"If you grow up with your enemy's ambition, you will destroy your own prestige!"
"Aren't you afraid that I will punish you for weakening the morale of the army?"
Shen Bing is so tired. How could he know so many rules in ancient times? He accidentally fell into another crime.
Later, Shen Bing learned that military morale was very important in ancient cold weapon combat.
Therefore, you cannot say things like "our army will be defeated", especially in wartime.
Fortunately, Yang Ting stood up and spoke for Shen Bing:
“You don’t have to stick to trivial matters in extraordinary times.”
"You should tell me why our army must be defeated."
"If it makes sense, I'll forgive you!"
Shen Bing quickly raised his hands and replied:
"Colonel, two to five hundred masters."
"One of the reasons: The villain doesn't think that the Zhao army only has 30,000 troops."
"You must know that Zhangshui and Fushui are under the control of Zhao Jun."
"Unless our army sends a navy to intercept, Zhao Jun can rely on the two waterways to continuously increase troops to the Great Wall."
"When the time comes, Zhao's army will only have 30,000 soldiers."
Zhang Xuan glanced at Shen Bing in surprise and said:
"I will send navy to cut off the two rivers."
Shen Bing expressed doubts about this.
"Can it be completely cut off?"
"You won't miss every boat even at night?"
Zhang Xuan was speechless.
It would be fine if it was during the day, but it would be almost impossible to miss every boat at night.
One boat can transport hundreds of soldiers or a large amount of military rations.
So Shen Bing was right, the Qin army had to face more than just 30,000 Zhao troops.
Yang Ting asked with a serious face: "What about the second one?"
Shen Bing continued: "Secondly, among the 30,000 people in our army, how many strong men and how many strong women are there?"
This brings us to the key point again.
The "Qin army's 30,000 troops" mentioned by Yang Ting included the strong women she led.
Food is very tight at this time, especially frontline military rations.
Even a knight like Shen Bing, who had received a title, could barely eat enough.
Not to mention the strong women in charge of second-line transportation, most of whom have no titles.
This is not a matter of discrimination against female soldiers, but a matter of objective reality and the physical strength of men and women.
Yang Ting replied helplessly:
"More than six thousand of them are strong women under my control."
"Only two thousand of them have any training or combat experience."
"If we fight against Zhao Jun, we will really be unable to do what we want."
Shen Bing nodded, the situation seemed better than expected.
He originally thought that at least 10,000 people would be strong women who could not fight or auxiliary troops with poor combat effectiveness.
"The most important thing is the third..."
These words shocked Zhang Xuan and Yang Ting.
They thought the first two points were enough, but they didn't expect there was a third point.
And it’s the third most important point…
Shen Bing didn't notice the strange expressions on the two people's faces, and said to himself:
"As I said two to five hundred words ago, it is more advantageous for the defending side to fight between the two armies!"
"The villain thinks that for the Great Wall, if Zhao Jun uses it properly, it should be more advantageous for the attacking side!"
Zhang Xuan immediately laughed:
"What nonsense!"
"I have been in the army for decades, but I have never heard that the attacking side is more advantageous!"
"You must have been frightened to death by Zhao Jun!"
Shen Bing was not angry. He looked around, picked up a discarded bamboo stick, placed it on the table, and explained:
"Two to five hundred masters, please take a look."
"This is the Great Wall. It is about four hundred miles long, and every part needs to be fortified."
"That is to say, 30,000 of our troops need to line up for defense in these more than 400 miles."
"In this way, the average number of people per mile is only seventy-five."
"There are only seventy-five people per mile!"
"However, Zhao's 30,000 troops can be concentrated in one place to attack."
"Even if our army has the natural barrier of the Great Wall and can block ten with one, how can 75 people stop the 30,000 Zhao army?"
Hearing this, Zhang Xuan and Yang Ting couldn't help but froze on the spot.
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Xuan objected: "Our armies are located on the Great Wall and can support each other!"
Shen Bing shook his head:
"So what if we can support each other?"
"If the Zhao army attacks Cixian today, it will attack Anyang tomorrow!"
“Isn’t the Great Wall full of loopholes and dangers?”
Zhang Xuan was immediately speechless.
It is a deep-rooted thought of the ancients that defense is greater than offense.
In fact, we can't blame them, because at least on the surface it seems that defense is better than offense.
Even in modern times, during World War II, the French still believed this, hence the Maginot Line.
Until the German army broke this myth with a highly mobile dynamic attack.
People around the world were shocked to discover that it turns out that more often than not, offense outweighs defense.
Therefore, if Zhang Xuan gives up Shen Bing's "showing weakness to the enemy" and adopts passive defense.