Chapter 769: Liang Hongcai's final choice

Bing Lan said suspiciously:

"Wanlong Mountain? There is no one there, there are few people, and there are not many troops from the Longxiao Kingdom stationed there! ”

"If I'm not mistaken, the main force of their border army is also thirty miles away from Wanlong Mountain!"

"The army they are really stationed near Wanlong Mountain adds up to only about 100,000 people, and we will move our troops to go there, and at most we will destroy their 100,000 people, which is not very meaningful!"

Liu Tingfeng shook his head and said:

"It's because they don't have a lot of troops stationed there that they can be regarded as a weak link, guerrilla warfare, isn't it their weakness that needs to be attacked?"

"Their army is not there, then we have to find a way to lure them there, we will go in batches, try not to let them know our specific number, and then concentrate on Wanlong Mountain, and use Wanlong Mountain as our station."

"We didn't clearly tell everyone where we were going before we set out, so that the enemy wouldn't know where we were going."

"Therefore, we will first destroy their 100,000 people by surprise, so that they have to go to take revenge, so that they will continue to send troops over there, and we will wait there to eat away their army little by little."

Bing Lan asked puzzledly:

"What if they don't?"

Liu Tingfeng said firmly:

"They will definitely pass, we have eliminated those 100,000 people, and we will continue to eliminate their small forces on the periphery, and they will definitely concentrate their forces to go to Wanlong Mountain."

After thinking for a long time, Bing Lan said curiously:

"It is said that they have a better choice, such as attacking Ningle City or attacking Linghai City, so that we have to go back to the defense and rescue, then wouldn't they have the initiative?"

Liu Tingfeng analyzed:

"To speculate on the enemy's actions, you must first understand the other party's main general, and now the top general of Longxiao Country in Xiyu Country is Liang Hongcai, and it can be seen from his actions to withdraw from Linghai City and Ningle City that what he wants is a prosperous and complete city, so he has not done any damage to these cities."

"Since they want to keep the city relatively intact, they won't attack it easily, and if they start a big battle in the city, even if they win, they will only get a city in ruins."

"They don't want to destroy the prosperity of the city, and we don't want to destroy it, so the two sides have the same idea on this point, so he is naturally willing to go to Wanlong Mountain with us to have a big battle."

"Of course, he wants to have a big war, but we don't want to, when they come to Wanlong Mountain, this is our territory, we can start a hide-and-seek guerrilla war with them here, so that they have no return, and they will stay in Wanlong Mountain."

Bing Lan subconsciously said:

"We will have a lot of people staying in this mountain forever, and even if we win, it will be a terrible victory!"

Liu Tingfeng also replied helplessly:

"Yes, no matter how good the tactics are, it is impossible to completely avoid casualties, and in every war, someone will pay the price of their lives."

"Actually, there is no essential difference between human society and your forest, even more cruel than in the forest, your struggle is mainly for food, for survival, and human beings still have rights and desires, and the battle is more complicated, in order to win, do everything."

"Now we are trying our best to calculate the other party, and the other party will try their best to deal with us, they are to occupy our land and rob our resources, and we are to protect our territory and resources, they are the aggressor side, we are defending the country."

"Therefore, we are the side of justice, and we pay the price for the people of the entire Xiyu Country, but they are the unreasonable side."

Bing Lan said lightly:

"It's a lot more complicated than a forest."

As the two were talking, the army had arrived at an open field in the forest, the roads were leading in all directions, and there were woods in every direction, and Liu Tingfeng immediately ordered to rest on the spot.

After a short rest, Liu Tingfeng divided the army into fifty detachments, each with 100,000 people, and rushed to Wanlong Mountain separately, so that the target would become much smaller, and the action would be more flexible, so as to avoid the other party from fleeing when he heard the news.

In order to confuse the enemy, thirty armies also marched in the direction of Dong'an Castle, as if they were going to attack Dong'an Castle.

Five days later, Long Xiaoguo's many garrisons outside Dong'an City were suddenly attacked by Liu Tingfeng's army, although the casualties were not large, but when Long Xiaoguo's army went to support, Liu Tingfeng's army had already withdrawn, and they did not fight them head-on at all.

On the eighth day, the 100,000 troops of the Longxiao Kingdom stationed near Tianlong Mountain were suddenly besieged by Liu Tingfeng's 2 million troops from all directions, and they were directly annihilated without even giving them a chance to surrender.

In Dong'an City, Liang Hongcai convened generals at all levels to discuss countermeasures, and everyone discussed a lot, many of them suggested that they should immediately send a large army to Wanlong Mountain to wipe out Liu Tingfeng's army in Wanlong Mountain, however, some of them suggested:

"King Jun, Liu Tingfeng led a large army to Wanlong Mountain, the purpose is to wipe out the five million troops we have stationed on the border, or to prevent our people from continuing to enter the West Rain Country."

"We can't be led by his nose, it's better to ignore him for the time being, let's take advantage of Liu Tingfeng to lead the army to go out, first attack Ningle City and Linghai City, take back these two cities, and then continue to deal with them, I don't know what the king of the county wants?"

Liang Hongcai pondered for a moment, then said slowly:

"As far as our spies report, Liu Tingfeng left 100,000 veterans and 900,000 recruits in Ningle City as the defenders of Ningle City, and Linghai City, Liu Tingfeng even recruited eight million recruits, although the combat effectiveness is not strong, but if we attack, they will definitely resist desperately."

"If we want to go on an expedition, we must also retain a certain number of troops to defend the city, and at most we will send five million troops to it, the total number of defenders in the two cities is nine million, no matter how strong our combat effectiveness is, if we want to capture it, we will inevitably have to pay a heavy price, at that time, how will we deal with Liu Tingfeng's counterattack?"

One of the generals spoke:

"Our army on the border line and on the periphery of Dong'an City adds up to 4.5 million people, and if we gather all these people, we will definitely be invincible, invincible, and we can take Ningle City and Linghai City as soon as possible."

"At that time, we will become the side defending the city, and Liu Tingfeng will become the side besieging the city, won't it be much easier for us to defend?"

Liang Hongcai analyzed and explained:

"Liu Tingfeng chose Wanlong Mountain as a garrison in order to stop our peripheral army and prevent us from being able to cross and converge in one place, so if we want to recall this part of the army, it will not only attract our army, but also Liu Tingfeng's army, I don't know how many casualties it will cause!"

"The point is that once our army is all in, all our retreat roads will be cut off, and all our troops will become a lone team in depth, if Mu Qianmei sends reinforcements over, we will be surrounded by enemies on all sides, and there will be no chance to retreat."

"What's more, when we forcibly attack a city, even if we win, we will inevitably occupy a number of ruined cities, what is the point of us occupying such cities?"

"The current Xiyu Country, the situation is no longer the same as before, at that time, there were still Wu Changkong's people who were somewhat restraining Mu Qianmei's army, Gao Xiujie was still the city lord of Linghai City, it was easier for us to control it, but now it is Mu Qianmei's world alone, and the people are full of support for her, if we succeed in attacking the city, we will be trapped in the city, and it will be difficult to get out."

"Therefore, we can't lose the passage of retreat, although Liu Tingfeng leads an army of five million, but nearly half of them are recruits, and they don't dare to fight our people head-on."

"That's why he's been rushing lately and retreating quickly when he's successful, and he's not giving us a chance to catch up at all."

A general said disdainfully:

"Liu Tingfeng is just a group of rabble, and it has been relying on sneak attacks again and again recently, which has caused nearly 50,000 casualties to us."

"A general like him doesn't even dare to fight in a dignified manner, we might as well let the four and a half million troops on the periphery gather and defeat Liu Tingfeng's army first, and our side can also attack Ningle City at the same time, and after taking Ningle City, we will continue to attack Linghai City with the victorious army."

"Having occupied this part of the city, we can continue to apply to the imperial court for reinforcements."

"When the army arrives, we can continue to expand and fight towards Yulan City, so that we can achieve the goal of quickly controlling the Western Rain Country."

Liang Hongcai shook his head and replied:

"We are too far away from the West Rain Country, and it will take half a month for reinforcements to arrive at the earliest, so it is too late."

"And in the territory of Xiyu Country, Mu Qianmei is still expanding the army with great fanfare, and the number of their army is increasing too fast, and it is difficult for us to hold it."

"It can be seen that splitting up is very unfavorable for us."

"I suggest that it is better to merge the army in Dong'an City with the army stationed on the border line, and then flank the front and back, and deal with Liu Tingfeng's army first."

"It would be better if Liu Tingfeng himself could stay in Wanlong Mountain forever."

"Liu Tingfeng is one of the three major generals of the Xiyu Kingdom, and he can be regarded as Mu Qianmei's right-hand man, if he can keep him, it will be better than occupying two cities."

Liang Hongcai's words made everyone fall into deep thought, and after a long time, they nodded their heads and expressed their willingness to accept Liang Hongcai's proposal.