This time, the number of troops mobilized by the Great Food Country has reached about 200,000, which has never been seen in the history of the Great Food Country, and now the total strength of the Great Food Country is close to 600,000, and there have never been so many soldiers and horses in the history of the Great Food Country, and the production level and efficiency in ancient times are extremely underground, even if the population of the Great Food Country reaches 30 million, it is almost unimaginable to feed such a large number of soldiers and horses, and it is conceivable how miserable the lives of the ordinary people of the Great Food Country are. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The more soldiers and horses, the more grain, grass, materials, weapons and equipment are needed, with the productivity level of the big food country, to feed so many troops, the common people are subjected to extremely serious exploitation, and at the same time, the combat effectiveness level of these soldiers and horses is bound to not be high, they are not enough to eat, weapons and equipment are not complete, how to ensure combat effectiveness? This is also the reason why Zhao Ziliang dared to go to war with the Great Food Country, even with the current comprehensive national strength of Western Qin, it is already the limit to support 320,000 standing troops and 200,000 compulsory troops.

Wang Can continued to introduce to Zhao Ziliang and the generals: "In the previous war between the Great Food Kingdom and the Eastern Roman Empire, the total strength of the two sides reached 100,000 battles only once, that is, the first battle of the Great Food Kingdom to besiege Constantinople, this battle ended in the defeat of the Great Food Country, the specific reasons are mainly several, one is that the city wall defense of Constantinople is indeed much stronger than other cities in the West, this is because of its natural geographical advantages and the city wall is tall and strong; Second, although the long-term siege hurt Constantinople's vitality, it also weakened the strength of the Great Food Country, and the perennial conquest hollowed out the Great Food Country, and the Great Food Country could no longer be defeated; The third is that the Eastern Roman Empire used the mysterious weapon of Greek fire, so that the naval fleet of the Great Food Country was almost completely wiped out! It can be seen that excluding the advantages of terrain, the sturdiness of the city walls and the Greek fire, the victory or defeat of a war depends to a large extent on the strength of the two sides! ”

"After the defeat of the Great Food Country, there were almost several border clashes or small-scale battles between the two sides every year, but it was relatively rare for both sides to invest 10,000 troops, and most of them were four or five thousand people. At that time, the Great Food Nation did not use more than 20,000 troops to seize the entire northern part of Africa (Africa) from the Eastern Roman Empire, the first time it was more than 4,000 people, and the second time it was more than 12,000 people! ”

"According to the exploration and analysis of our Dongchang secret agents, we can draw some conclusions, although the Great Food Country now has a total force of 600,000, but the regular army that has really been formally trained will not exceed 150,000, so the remaining 450,000 are strong men who have not been trained, some of these people have fought but have not received formal training, and some people have neither fought nor received formal training! Only 50,000 of the 200,000 horses transferred this time have had formal training and have fought in battle, and the rest are just strong men with weapons, and even many of them have no weapons, and only 50,000 are fully equipped! However, the Great Food Country has always been a fierce people, even if it is just an ordinary strong man, he has a brave spirit, and he will not be afraid of death when he really fights! The above is the current situation of the Great Food Army," Wang Can said and stepped aside.

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to the generals: "Okay, just now Chu Ge and Wang Can respectively introduced the deployment of our army and the Great Food Army and the situation of the generals on both sides, and you have all heard it, and now this king wants to know, how should this battle be fought?" Is it to take the initiative or to passively defend and lure the enemy deeper? Let me all share your thoughts!"

In order to show his military talent, naturally someone stood up first to express his opinion, and a general stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King, the last general thinks that we can't fall into our own prestige, and we should take the initiative to attack!" ”

Another general stood up and said: "King, the last general doesn't think that taking the initiative to attack is the best policy, our army's strength is less than half of the big food army, and it is really not suitable to take the initiative to attack!" You should lure the enemy deep and fight back defensively! ”

In addition to these two people, some other generals with small military ranks all stood up and competed to express their opinions, but what they said made Zhao Ziliang dissatisfied, and several generals did not support themselves.

Zhao Ziliang looked at everyone, pointed at Zhao Hu and said, "Zhao Hu, you say!" ”

Zhao Hu stood up and hugged his fists and said: "King, passive defense has never been the main combat tactic of our army. Our army is less in strength than the Great Food Army, this is our weakness, most of the three main legions of our army are cavalry, only a small number of infantry, and it is to put the cart before the horse for defense! Our advantage is that our army is an elite army, there are many cavalry, suitable for active attack, if the enemy army does not want to be surrounded in the city, they must fight with us in the field, if they give up the field battle with our army and retreat in the city to defend, then they will be passively beaten, they can not be trapped in the city forever, sooner or later the food will be eaten up, no food sooner or later will starve to death! Therefore, Weichen believes that taking the initiative is the only choice, and the key is how to attack! ”

Huo Kan stood up and hugged his fists and said, "King, Weichen has a different opinion!" Although it is a good way to take the initiative to attack, but our army is only half of the enemy's strength, which is not the best choice, and the general thinks that the strategy of luring the enemy into depth and defending and counterattacking should be adopted! We have deployed all the cavalry and hid them in the field, so that the infantry can hold the city, and when the enemy army penetrates deep into our territory to attack our city, our cavalry will take the opportunity to surprise or cut off its food routes, so that the enemy army will not be able to defend against ・・・・・・."

Zhao Ziliang looked at Chu Ge and asked, "Chu Ge, what do you say?" ”

Chu Ge stood up and hugged his fists and said, "What General Zhao Hu and General Huo Kan said is a good way, but Weichen tends to take the initiative to attack!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Tell me the reason!" ”

"Yes!" Chu Ge agreed, and immediately said: "General Huo's method is actually very good, we have natural geographical advantages and human advantages in fighting on the mainland, but the disadvantages are quite large, that is, the damage of the war will be borne by us, and the initiative to attack can inflict the damage of the war on the enemy, the greater the damage caused, the more difficult it is for the enemy to recover!" General Wang also said just now that although the total strength of the enemy army this time is 200,000, most of them are untrained rabble, only 50,000 elites, if we passively defend, then they can give full play to the advantage of troops, but if our army takes the initiative to attack, their strength advantage will no longer exist! ”

Chu Ge's words can be said to have clearly explained the pros and cons of the two combat methods, and the other generals and officials in the big tent all nodded their heads again and again when they heard it.

Zhao Ziliang saw the reaction of the others and said, "It seems that the Zhuqing family has no objection to adopting the strategy of taking the initiative to attack!" So how to attack? ”

There are too many ways to attack, and some people propose to attack in separate ways, so as to minimize the enemy's superiority in strength; It was also proposed to concentrate forces to capture Mulu City, the capital of Khorasan Province, because it could replenish a large amount of grain and grass there, so that the logistical pressure would be greatly reduced; There are also proposals to concentrate forces on a direct attack on Kerman and start a decisive battle with Mansour.

Each of these methods has its own advantages, as well as disadvantages and disadvantages, Zhao Ziliang was not very satisfied after hearing it, and when the generals saw that he did not speak, they knew that none of these offensive plans satisfied him, so they did not talk much.

Zhao Ziliang walked to the map and looked at the cities and routes on the ground, the biggest drawback of fighting on other people's territory is that he is not familiar with the terrain, and the march must find a guide, and the desert area is not as good as other places, the terrain in the desert often changes, and the route is mostly fixed, this is the experience of countless people piling up the corpses for later generations, the army is easy to be defeated by the harsh environment when walking in the desert, and even the whole army is annihilated, even if the desert guide is rich, he does not dare to break in the desert, Not to mention the military, the more numerous, the more dangerous it is.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ziliang ordered: "Zhao Hu, you lead the second army to fight Shulgaz with this king!" ”

Zhao Hu immediately stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Weichen obeys!" ”

Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, and then said: "Order Hua Thorn Zimo and Oghuz to send 10,000 troops each, and accompany Wei Meng's Fifth Army to attack Guchang and Mashad from the north to the south!" ”

Liu Dan, as the marching Sima, stood up and promised: "Yes! ”

Zhao Ziliang turned around and said to Chu Ge and Huo Kan: "The two of you lead the Eighth Army to stay in Jiling City, if the Great Food Army of Mulu City goes north to reinforce Mashad and Guchang City, you will lead the army to attack Mulu City!" If the Great Food Army of Mulu City enters our country and attacks our city, you will be fighting against them! ”

The two clasped their fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

"Okay, Zhuqing will go back to prepare, and the second army will set off with this king in three days!"

After the generals left, Zhao Ziliang walked around the big tent with his hands behind his back, and the officials didn't move, they all stood in place, but Zheng San had already gone out to prepare grain, grass, ordnance and materials for the army.

Zhao Ziliang thought for a long time, and said to Du Fu: "Du Fu, prepare an edict for this king, and let Zhao Lei immediately lead half of the troops of the plateau army to come from Tianzhu, and the Tianzhu Protectorate will be temporarily handled by Li Boyu!" ”

Du Fu was stunned for a moment, and then agreed: "Yes, Weichen will draft an edict here!" ”

Zhao Lei has been in charge of the Tianzhu Protectorate for three years, and his performance in all aspects is not bad, and his experience in this position is almost the same, what Zhao Lei lacks is the experience and qualifications of commanding the army, Du Fu understands that Zhao Ziliang is deliberately cultivating Zhao Lei, although the laws of Western Qin have clearly stipulated that Zhao Lei is the first heir, but in Zhao Ziliang's opinion, Zhao Lei has obviously not met his requirements now.

The edict was written quickly, Zhao Ziliang read it, made some changes on it, and then ordered someone to copy it again, and after stamping the seal, he sent someone to the Tianzhu Protectorate. Zhao Ziliang specifically pointed out in the edict that Zhao Lei and Zamu should lead 15 divisions of the Plateau Army with a total of 50,000 people to rush over.