If the Qin army was stationed in a city, then Zhang Xuan's idea that defense is greater than offense may be correct.
The strength ratio of three to one between the offensive and defensive sides is also correct.
After all, the city is small, so the defenders can mobilize their troops easily and in a timely manner.
However, this time the Qin army was stationed at the Great Wall, which was more than 400 miles long.
Along the way we also passed dangerous mountain cliffs...
The mobilization of troops and supplies will become a big problem.
Even if we march eighty miles in one day, it would take five days to walk from one end of the Great Wall to the other.
Five days!
This means that timely reinforcements cannot be provided during wartime.
Failure to provide timely reinforcements is equivalent to none.
Therefore, Zhang Xuan's statement that defense is greater than offense and the force comparison derived from it is obviously problematic.
In this case, the offensive and defensive sides should not be evenly matched at three to one.
On the contrary, the attack should be greater than the defense, and the ratio should be reversed. If the Qin army can defend three times as much as the Zhao army, it is considered good.
Of course, this depends on the conductor.
If General Zhao is smart enough, he can use the magnetic suspension today to mobilize the Qin army here.
Then mobilize troops at night to raid other parts of the country where the troops are weak the next day...
There is no solution to this tactic. If the Zhao army uses it, the Qin army with insufficient troops will almost be defeated.
The root cause is that the Qin army's defense line was too long and had to disperse its forces, while the Zhao army could concentrate its forces to attack a certain point.
There is no reason why you cannot win if you use concentration to defeat decentralization.
Just when Yang Ting and Zhang Xuan were shocked by Shen Bing's question, Liu Xu, who had been standing next to Yang Ting, asked:
"Ask the conductor."
"What is this passive defense?"
Shen Bing touched his nose slightly embarrassed.
No wonder Liu Xu would ask, there was no such word in the Qin Dynasty, let alone such a tactical definition.
"This is passive defense..."
"That is, just like Lord Two Five Hundred said, our army is waiting on the city wall for the enemy to attack."
"This means that our military gives up all initiative."
"All we can do is build walls in place, fill gaps, and accumulate food."
Liu Catkin couldn't help but wonder:
"Isn't this wrong?"
"If we don't keep it this way, how can we keep it?"
In fact, these are what Zhang Xuan and Yang Ting wanted to ask.
It's just that one of them is a 2500-year-old and the other is a school captain. Even if they don't understand some words, they are embarrassed to speak.
Shen Bing answered without thinking:
"Of course it's active defense."
"As I said before, show weakness to the enemy in the Cixian area and lure the enemy to attack."
Zhang Xuan said "hum":
"How do you know that Zhao Jun will definitely come to attack Ci County?"
"What if the Zhao army senses something different and attacks elsewhere?"
"Wouldn't our army collapse without a fight?"
Shen Bing was speechless at Zhang Xuan's nit-picking remarks.
"grown ups!"
"Sometimes wars are fought by luck."
"We cannot assume before the war that the enemy can see through all our plans."
"This is a sure way of raising the enemy's ambition and destroying one's own prestige..."
Zhang Xuan originally wanted to say something, but was choked up when he heard the last sentence.
"You you..."
You have been thinking about it for a long time but don’t know how to refute it, because it is indeed the case.
The catkins laughed with a "poof" sound.
But Yang Ting glared at her and forcefully suppressed her smile.
Judging from the expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, it seemed that he was enduring a lot of hardship.
For this reason, she rolled her eyes at Shen Bing, as if she blamed him for making her lose her composure by talking nonsense.
Of course, Shen Bing would not wait for Zhang Xuan to organize his speech, and continued:
"What's more, I can still make some arrangements."
"For example, planting straw men and planting flags in weak parts of the Great Wall."
"Another example would be to order a small number of troops to run back and forth on the top of the city."
"This is to confuse Zhao Jun so that he will not know the reality of our army."
"Secretly deploy troops and concentrate them in Ci County..."
Yang Ting nodded in agreement.
"This is a very good plan."
"If Zhao Jun falls into the trap, at least our army will not face tens of thousands of Zhao Jun with just a few hundred people!"
"If it's a one-on-one matchup, what will happen if there is no natural protection from the Great Wall?"
"I, Da Qin, will still be afraid of that Zhao Jun?"
This is the domineering power of the Qin army.
Since Shang Yang's reform implemented the twenty military merit title system, the Qin army's soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and the armies of the Six Kingdoms were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.
Zhang Xuan blushed with anger, but of course he would not give up. He raised his hand to Yang Ting:
"Colonel, I think this is not allowed."
"Even if we can wait for Zhao's army to attack Ci County, sooner or later we will find that the main force of our army is here."
"If Zhao Jun turns to attack elsewhere."
"Isn't it true that our Great Wall is full of loopholes..."
When he mentioned Zhang Xuan, he stopped talking. He realized that he had quoted Shen Bing's words unconsciously.
Liuxu couldn't help but let out another silver bell-like laughter.
Yang Ting was about to stop him, but when she saw Zhang Xuan's awkward embarrassment, she couldn't help hiding her face and snickering, and she didn't have time to scold Liu Xu.
But there is some truth in what Zhang Xuan said.
Zhao Jun is not a fool. They know very well how many troops the Qin Army has.
If the Qin army has many soldiers and generals in Cixian, it means that other positions must be weakly defended.
At that time, all the troops need to do is turn around... and the situation will be concentrated and dispersed.
But Shen Bing certainly thought of this.
Just kidding, although Shen Bing is usually a bit confused, he still has some foresight.
"That's why we have to take the initiative to defend." Shen Bing said.
Perhaps to divert her attention, Yang Ting immediately asked:
"How can we take the initiative to defend ourselves?"
Shen Bing replied:
"I think we should set up spies in Ci County in advance."
"As the saying goes, intelligence is the precursor of war."
"Without accurate information, we are blind and deaf!"
"You certainly can't win a war by knowing nothing about your enemy."
Yang Ting nodded her head like garlic after hearing this.
Although what this guy said is old-fashioned, his words are rough and rational.
Sun Tzu Youyun: "Wei Zai! Wei Zai! You can do anything (meaning a spy)."
Isn’t that what it means?
Of course, Shen Bing didn’t know that his modern vernacular had been considered “old-fashioned”. He went on to say:
"Once we have accurate intelligence, we will know when Zhao Jun will turn."
"Or how many troops are diverted."
Zhang Xuan disagreed with this.
"So what?"
"Shouldn't we hold on to the Great Wall?"
"Isn't it possible to counterattack the Zhao army?"
Shen Bing didn't speak for a long time and just looked at him blankly.
Only then did Zhang Xuan react:
"Do you really want to counterattack Zhao Jun?"
Shen Bing bowed deeply to Zhang Xuan and pretended to admire him:
"The villain was just about to say that we can take advantage of the Zhao army's division to counterattack the Zhao army."
"At this time, Zhao's army is not well-prepared, and its troops are divided elsewhere. How can it be our army's opponent?"
"Two to five hundred masters work like gods, I admire you! I admire you!"
Zhang Xuan looked at Shen Bing and then at Yang Ting. The corners of his mouth twitched as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he still couldn't.
It was so quiet for a while that you could hear a pin drop.
Then, I don’t know who couldn’t hold it back.
"puff……"
…
A burst of laughter immediately erupted in the tent.
The female soldiers who were originally serving majestically on both sides were now smiling wildly without caring about their manners.