"Soldiers are unpredictable, and water is unpredictable." Li Haibo said, "We only have five thousand people. I think most of them are Guards. There are also five hundred female soldiers..." Li Haibo discussed the military situation with Liu Ruyun seriously.
"What's wrong with our female soldiers?" Doma felt harsh after hearing this.
"You female soldiers are very good." Li Haibo said, "You can be regarded as the elite of the Guards, but you are not very good at field battles. I am not targeting you, I am saying that our Longxiang Guards are not very good at large-scale field battles. , the main reason is that we don’t have heavy equipment...so we should use our strengths and avoid weaknesses this time and adopt a surprise attack method."
"Hai Bo, this is a suggestion." Xiao Chen added, "It's up to Her Majesty the Queen to decide how to fight this battle."
"It is a suggestion, but the objective situation is also the same." Li Haibo added, "If Her Majesty the Queen feels that this is inappropriate, then I can only lead my brothers to carry out this task."
"How dare you go deep behind enemy lines with 500 men?" Doma admired his courage.
"Five hundred people are a little short. It will be difficult to occupy Thailand." Li Haibo discussed the matter and was very modest.
"Brother Xiao, I heard that you Yanyun has several lunatics, is he one of them?" Duoma asked Xiao Chen.
"He really isn't. In fact, he is the calmest one among us." Xiao Chen said with a smile, "He will not be crazy even if he is crazy."
"Then why does he say such crazy things?" Thomas shouted.
"Why is this crazy talk? I'm not a madman. How can a madman lead troops to fight?" Li Haibo was also a little unhappy. Aren't we discussing war? Why do you, a girl, always attack me personally? We don’t know each other, and we are not familiar with you either.
"If you're either a lunatic or a fool, we, a mere five thousand people, marched for hundreds of miles, fighting alone to attack Taijing City without reinforcements or food, did I hear you correctly?" Doma has evidence. of.
"No, isn't this the battle plan we just discussed?" Li Haibo didn't even realize that Doma was mocking him.
"So we really want to attack Taijing City? Do you know how strong Taijing City is? Do you know how many soldiers and horses are stationed there?" Doma asked him.
"You know, the city defense of Taijing is very strong. It is known as the first city in southern Xinjiang. Xiaofengyang in Siam is extremely difficult to break. There are currently about 10,000 troops garrisoned outside the city, and there are more than 20,000 city defense troops in the city, including There is a musket battalion, equipped with new Western muskets, and more than 300 artillery pieces of various kinds..." Li Haibo really knew.
"So?" There were three black lines on Doma's forehead.
"So we should first clear out the garrison outside the city, and then surround Taijing..." Li Haibo said.
"Five thousand people surrounded Taijing?" Liu Ruyun couldn't believe her ears. Let alone how we destroyed the 10,000 garrison outside the city, don't forget that there are still 20,000 people in the city! Our mere five thousand light cavalry surrounded them without any heavy equipment... Xiao Chen, can you listen to what he said is human?
"Hai Bo, can you be more specific?" Xiao Chen actually sounded horrified. Although he was not good at leading troops in battles, he could be considered a man who had experienced many battles. He still knew a little bit about military affairs. Five thousand people He had never heard of such a thing as besieging the capital, especially when there were still 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city...
"I just said that we are using a tactic of suspicion. To be specific, it is a bluff. We know that we are 5,000 people, but how do the Siamese people know? General Doma thinks that we can dare to do it with just 5,000 people. It would be crazy to march all the way to attack his capital, so how could the Siamese think that we would actually do this?"
If we can successfully bypass the city of Taijing, it will be like a divine force descending from heaven. The Siamese people will definitely be in a panic when they are unprepared.
Our light cavalry cannot attack the city, but with lightning speed and unexpected attack, it should not be a big problem to eliminate their garrison outside the city.
Because although these ten thousand people are known as the elite of the Thai Imperial Army, they are actually not that group of people at all. They are all a temporary ragtag group. The real elite has already followed Narado on his expedition.
As soon as we annihilate them, the city defense forces in the city won't be able to figure out our details. I guess they don't dare to go out of the city to fight, so they can only hold on. At this time, we can surround them.
Then they deliberately revealed a flaw and asked them to send people to ask for help from Naluoduo. When Naluoduo heard that his home base was attacked, he would definitely divide his troops and come back to rescue, so that he could share considerable pressure on our frontline soldiers.
General Ganushan can also send a considerable number of cavalry to pursue and harass them, exhausting them. Even if they can come back in an organized form, they will still be a tired force.
At that time, we can adapt to the situation, or attack them head-on, or retreat directly... In short, we will make trouble for them, the more trouble, the better.
Of course, in this way we may fall into passivity, but using our passivity in exchange for the advantage of our main battlefield is quite cost-effective no matter how you calculate it.
Liu Ruyun and several generals listened intently, nodding their heads involuntarily, and even Duoma remained silent.
"This is one of them." Unexpectedly, Li Haibo hadn't finished speaking yet.
"As I said, soldiers are unpredictable and water is unpredictable. Everything has to be adapted according to changes in the situation. For example, we can besiege the city, but if conditions permit, we can also try to attack the city. If we can capture Thailand, then No matter how many reinforcements come back, we can wait for work. Besides, once the capital of Siam is lost, the morale of the entire army will be in chaos."
"But how are we going to attack? We don't have artillery, catapults, siege engines, or even ladders," Thomas said.
"Didn't I just say that we can't attack by force?" Li Haibo glared at Doma, "General Doma, are you listening to me?"
Doma held the handle of the knife tightly and narrowed his eyes...
"Don't be angry, Duoma. He talks like this, and my brother also talks like this." Ling'er on the side quickly spoke up to smooth things over.
"Hmph!" Doma then reluctantly put away his murderous intention, "Then you said you wanted to attack the city. How did you say you were going to attack it?"
"There are many ways to attack a city. There is a saying in the art of war. Attacking the city is from the bottom, and attacking the heart is from the top. Therefore, victory in every battle is not a good thing. Subduing the enemy's troops without fighting is also a good thing. Therefore, the best way to attack the city is to plan an attack with troops. , then attack the friends, then attack the troops, and then attack the city. The method of attacking the city is the last resort. Therefore, the first step is to attack the enemy, the next step is to attack the friends, the next step is to attack the troops, and then the next one is to attack the city..."
Li Haibo was still in high spirits and recited a piece of Sun Tzu's Art of War to teach Doma. Even Xiao Chen suspected that this kid was deliberately irritating Doma.
"Ling'er, don't stop me and let me chop him, okay? Just one real stab, I promise not to chop him to death!" Duoma was so angry that he almost drew his knife.
"Brother Haibo, I'm begging you, can you talk to me properly?" Ling'er said while hugging the furious Duoma.
