Wei Song's official residence in Foster was still very simple, although all the necessary facilities were lacking, but all these things were insulated from the beauty. After a sumptuous but not very delicious dinner, they were still in high spirits exchanging views with each other as they had seen the day, except for Xenas who had drunk all the wine on the way, and the wine in Fostodetown had been given to the slaves by Wei Song as a reward, so he did not take a sip of it. For this reason, the boss in his heart was dissatisfied, and after filling his stomach, he couldn't help but sigh bitterly: "Master Strategist, you said that you had nothing to do with the location of Foster Town in such a remote area, you ran on a horse for most of the day, there is no wine or women here, and there is a shortage of everything, even if you say that this place will prosper in the future, who can you attract such a broken place to live in now?" ”

Wei Song glanced at him, lowered his head and took a sip of goat's milk, and then said slowly: "You are right, in terms of geographical location, this place is indeed a little remote, and this place will not become the most prosperous place on the West Bank in the future, but it is the most critical move to build the West Bank." ”

"The most important?" Eldaki said.

"Exactly. There are two reasons for choosing this place, first of all, there are three important materials around Foster Town, less than ten miles away from here is the Buckward Mountains, this mountain is very rare in that its foot is very low, and the canal you see on the way here is the canal that is being excavated, and with the canal you can transport the resources of the mountain. The mountain is rich in trees, it is necessary for the construction of ships, ports and houses, the stones in the mountains are indispensable building materials, and it has been discovered that there are iron ore in this mountain during a tour around the Dilc region, and the value of iron ore is self-evident. The main construction target of the town of Fosted was timber. Stone and iron tools were used to quickly support construction throughout the West Bank. So the town of Fosd is small. But it is an important part of future construction. Secondly, the Yaki Army is gathering forces to prepare for an attack on us. Choosing to build a town in a remote location can prevent enemy spies from noticing the town's location. If the Yaki Army knew that we were building the west bank of the Nanra River, they would inevitably send troops to attack them, and the weakness of our insufficient forces would be exposed. So what we need to do is to strengthen our control over the Namra River on the one hand, and to reduce the possibility of being heard on the other. ”

Li Tianhao threw the dates in his hand into the plate and asked, "Sir, I came here for this matter this time, the Yaji Army has been gathering and preparing in Haikum City for more than half a year, and according to intelligence, the number of troops there is close to 100,000. The grain and grass are also very abundant, but there is no movement, and I don't know what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds. I wonder what Mr. thinks about this? ”

Wei Song smiled slightly, put down the goat's milk in his hand, pulled out the knife on his waist, drew a map of the Dils region on the ground, and said as he drew it: "The city of Hakuum is located at the gateway of the Dils Mountains, and there are two roads leading to the Dils Mountains to the south, one is along the south of the Nanra River into the city of Horul. The other is to the city of Selis. The road to the city of Horur is near, but it is difficult to form a large army under the city of Horur, and the road to the city of Silis is far, but it is suitable for a large army. According to common sense, the main direction of attack should be Sillis City. However, this will put a greater burden on the transportation of grain, and if the war drags on for a long time, it will be difficult to clean up the grain and grass. It is indeed unusual that the Yaki Army has not taken action so far. However, the reason for this is not difficult to understand. If you were the commander of the Yaki Army, how would you command this war? ”

Li Tianhao looked at the map and was silent. The rest of the crowd also stared at the simple map and studied it.

Seeing that Li Tianhao was in deep thought, Wei Song crooked his mouth and smiled: "Don't always think about getting answers from me." With your sensitivity to tactics, it is not difficult to find a disciple who is not good. ”

Li Tianhao had an idea and said, "Is it because they are still waiting for the follow-up troops?" ”

Wei Song nodded.

Xenas leaned forward and said, "To increase?" 100,000 troops are a bit too much to deploy at these two points, and there is no practical point in increasing the number of troops. ”

Li Tianhao beckoned to him: "That's not the case. You see, what if you go up the Naura River and land behind the city of Horur? ”

Xenas shook his head and said, "It's impossible, the ships in Hycomb City are limited, and the number of troops delivered at one time will not exceed a thousand, unless ??????"

At this point, Cenas was silent. Li Tianhao nodded and said, "What they are waiting for is the fleet, the fleet from the lower reaches of the Nanluo River." ”

"But there are five waterfalls here from the lower reaches of the Nara, how can the fleet go upstream?" Xenas still didn't dare to fully believe this claim.

"That's why they came so slowly, and it wasn't impossible to pave the road and tow the boat across the waterfall by manpower??????"

Before Li Tianhao finished speaking, Xenas immediately picked it up: "But where do we have a fleet, our fortifications on the Nanra River are okay to defend the ships, and in the face of the fleet, it is an ornament." ”

Elda also said, "It is true, although Yaqui's ship is not strong, it is impossible to deal with it with the ships in the river river, even a good captain like me can hardly do it. ”

Wei Song smiled: "Who said we don't have a fleet, we have an invincible fleet, that's time." ”

"When?" Everyone asked in unison.

"It's time, every year in July, the Nara River will flood, and the reason for this is that the water level in the upper reaches of the Naragawa River will skyrocket, and when the surging water will not be able to go against the water, no matter what kind of boat, the river will not return to its original state until October, isn't this equivalent to an invincible fleet to block the attack of the Yaki fleet?"

"But the Yaji army must also understand this truth, and they will definitely attack before the flood season comes. Besides, it's still two months until July. Li Tianhao frowned and retorted.

Wei Song looked at him and winked mischievously, and said, "I really didn't expect you to be such an honest child, do you have to wait for the Yaji Army to attack you?" ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and Li Tianhao, who heard this, shook his spirit, stood up and said, "Sir, do you mean that we will attack first?" ”

Wei Song said with a smile: "It is true that trapping the city of Horur and the city of Sillis can drag down the enemy army, but the premise is that these two points are enough to hold the enemy's offensive line. If there is still a third water route, it will be necessary to delay the deployment of the enemy's forces and prevent the water route from taking advantage of their advantages. Besides, I've studied all of your previous combat examples, and I'm afraid that sticking to it is not a tactic that suits your character, and you seem to be more comfortable with sports warfare. Are you really willing to be passively defensive? ”

As soon as he said this, Li Tianhao's eyes flashed with a fine light, and his young face instantly exuded a fierce momentum. Alam looked at this momentum and suddenly came to his senses: when they crossed the western part of the Nanra River together to reach Mount Dils, they had encountered countless existential dangers, and each time he could see this kind of fighting spirit on Li Tianhao's face. He understood that Li Tianhao's adventurous spirit peculiar to a maritime merchant had burst out again, and for the first time in two years.

"This is a great opportunity to earn commissions, and you can't let it go!" Xenas drew the greatsword behind his back and made a declaration of his participation in the battle. (To be continued......)

PS: It's finally time to get down to business