Guo Jia explained his plan in detail to everyone present. Wang Lei, Huang Quan and others all heard the nature of the adventure, but Zhang Ren, Ji Ling and others were very interested.
In the end, everyone naturally turned their attention to Guan Yu. After all, the purpose of a military advisor is only to make suggestions. Whether or not to adopt them depends on the decision of the commander. The relationship between generals and ministers is very important whether in the court or on the front line. a little.
"I will personally lead 30,000 people to attack Samajia on the eastern border of Guishan." Guan Yu's decision was completely unsurprising. After cooperating with Guo Jia for so many years, Guan Yu still has great trust in Guo Jia's ability, not to mention this He is absolutely indispensable for the main attack point.
"Then the response must rely on General Ji and General Zhang. Samadha is close to the edge of Heng. Kushan's troops are not strictly deployed on the border. However, due to the presence of something running through the Ganges River in the south of Kushan, they transported The soldier's mobility is very high, so Samadhi is basically the bait placed on the table by the opponent." Seeing this, Guo Jia continued to point at the map and said.
Guan Yu nodded. He had been fighting for so many years. Even with experience and without using his brain, he knew the largest city in the border county, and it was the key point to defend. Knowing that the opponent might attack, he could only Retaining 15,000 soldiers is not considered outstanding, there must be something evil inside.
"I have asked the scouts to investigate the transportation capacity of Guishang. The river transportation capacity is very strong. It is what Military Advisor Guo said. After we attacked Samoya, Guishan suddenly changed from Hengzhao. There is a possibility of outflanking by transporting troops up the river." Huang Quan warned, taking out the things he had recently detected.
"This is not a problem, the problem is here." Guo Jia nodded when he heard this, saying that he already knew that Guishan sent an army of 20,000 to 30,000 people to tell the truth. Guo Jia was not moved. After all, when he was in the Central Plains, Jiangdong was still doing Something more exaggerated than this.
Cheng Ji squinted his eyes and looked at the place pointed by Guo Jia on the map. After a while, he slowly said, "Commander Guo thinks the other party may launch an attack by sea?"
"The possibility is very small, but I think if Kushan is serious about moving forward by water and land, this place will be very important. The water network of the Ganges merges with another river in the Samadha area and is close to the coastline, causing this kind of The merger caused the river to be greatly widened, which means that the other party's ships can enter directly." Guo Jia nodded and said.
"If this is the case, it will be very difficult to attack this city. This is a place that is close to a traffic artery. After the attack, there will be reinforcements from all directions. Once it drags on for a long time, it is very likely that we will be attacked from both sides." Li Hui frowned and said.
"The biggest problem is here. This city is considered a hub. As the first big city in Kushan Border County, there are two huge river systems intersecting beside it. It is not far from the port, even because of the widening of the river. , the city itself can even exist as a port." Guo Jia agreed with Li Hui's words very seriously.
"Then if we directly attack such a city, the danger is too great." Wang Lei slowly raised his head after reading the relevant and more detailed information.
"To be precise, if this city is not far away from the ruling center of Kushan, with the favorable natural conditions of this city, it would not be a big problem to develop into a huge city. However, the reason why I chose this city is that this city It's very important, but it's actually very easy for us to play." Guo Jia opened the folding fan and said with a conceited smile.
"It's true that this is bait. I don't know if the Kushan navy has arrived, but there must be a large number of ships in the upper reaches of the Ganges east of Samadhi that are ready to go down the river. They are definitely waiting for us to attack Samadhi. Hey." Guo Jia's calm eyes had a little brilliance.
"The possibility of us being attacked from both sides is too high. Even if we guess what the other side is bound to do, we have no way of estimating what kind of troops the other side can mobilize to fight in the enemy's homeland." Huang Quan asked cautiously.
"Yes, there is no doubt about this, but where did these soldiers come from?" Guo Jia said with a snicker, like a weasel who successfully stole a chicken.
"Of course, we come all the way down the Ganges River. It might arrive on the same day, or it might take three to five days." Li Hui said calmly.
"No, what Military Advisor Guo means is, where are these soldiers drawn from?" Cheng Ji suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but paused, "But even so, it still involves a question, how do we jump out, if we can jump out , then there is no doubt that they are no longer ambushing us, but we are setting up pocket formations and placing bait to capture them."
"No, there is no need to jump out. We can win this city in one go. As long as we win the city first, all the preparations they have made before will become the conditions for us to counterattack and defeat the opponent." Guo Jia smiled. said.
"This kind of thing is difficult to guarantee. Even if the opponent is not an elite, after all, it is a city with 15,000 people stationed. If General Guan wants to capture 30,000 people, it will not be a short time." Huang Quan was a little bit confused. Said worriedly.
"Don't worry about this aspect. Just leave the city of Samadha to me. Zhang Ren and Ji Ling, you two generals will gather troops and horses to station on the south bank of the Ganges River and take precautions to prevent the upper reaches of the Ganges from sending troops to attack. situation." Guan Yu said.
"Here!" Zhang Ren and Ji Ling looked at each other and saluted Guan Yu with clasped fists.
Although I was a little confused as to why Guan Yu would place two of their elite troops along the Ganges River to prepare for possible reinforcements instead of attacking the city of Sama and Zha, their quality as generals still allowed them to wait for the order after receiving the order. , report back immediately.
Huang Quan, Wang Lei and others looked at each other. Since the coach was so confident, they had nothing to say and could only nod in agreement.
"Wu Anguo, when the time comes, you will lead three thousand soldiers to ambush the retreat of Generals Zhang Ren and Ji Ling. You don't want to kill the enemy. You just want to ensure the safety of the retreating army and not be easily passed by the Kushan army. , it can be concluded that our army has already estimated the layout of Guishang, but it has misjudged the status of Guishang's troops." Guan Yu turned to Wu Anguo and ordered.
"Here!" Wu Anguo also cupped his fists and saluted after hearing this.
"How?" Guan Yu turned to look at Guo Jia. He already understood what Guo Jia meant.
"It's a bit weak." Guo Jia said after a while in a very solemn tone, "In my opinion, this level is not enough."
Guan Yu's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this, "Does Meng Huo and Wu Tu Gu also count?"
Wang Lei, Huang Quan and others also reacted at this time. To be honest, no one was sure what kind of thoughts Guishang had. However, it was obvious from Guo Jia's intention that although Guishang said he was retreating, he was probably just Due to the domestic situation, soldiers may still want to fight.
"It's probably enough. Of course, I can only say it's a rough idea." Guo Jia said calmly, "Because I really can't be sure how deeply this religious system called Brahman has penetrated the people under its rule. Although Zichuan He told me to think as high as possible..."
Human imagination is limited by their own cognitive level, and Guo Jia's current situation is like this. Logically speaking, if we were to attack Xiliang or Bingzhou in the Central Plains, famous and capable local officials would mobilize 30,000 to 50,000 people. Qingzhuang is considered to be quite powerful.
Of course, according to the level of Liangzhou and Bingzhou, if 300,000 to 50,000 young men are mobilized to defend the city, it will be very difficult for the army led by Guan Yu to defeat it.
It is actually difficult for Guo Jia to find out the information about Durga in Fahrenheit City. On the one hand, it is far away, and on the other hand, it is the problem of intelligence blockade. The inconsistency in the languages between the two sides is really confusing. Even the scouts are confused by this situation. Forced to death.
Naturally, Guo Jia could only rely on guesswork as to how many young men Durga could mobilize when she retreated to Fahrenheit and Rajgir.
According to the fact that Rahul still had more than 50,000 veterans who had seen blood when he retreated, and brought half of the new soldiers, plus the local soldiers in the cities in southern Kushan, the 150,000 to 60,000 troops should not be a big problem. .
With such a force, combined with the current state of the confrontation and the configuration of the first line of defense in Samajja City, a proper bait, then the question now becomes, how much force Durga is willing to invest in this A battle.
Guo Jia estimated it to be 100,000. Guo Jia had seen Durga on the battlefield. He was a very good commanding talent. In terms of decision-making, when Zhang Ren told about the first night attack battle, Guo Jia Jia knew that this was a general with strong decision-making ability.
Such a character placed a bait here in Samadhi and prepared a pocket formation using the terrifying mobility brought by the Ganges water transport. Then Durga, who had made so many preparations, knew the strength of the Han army. If you do it, what level of strength is required?
If it were Guo Jia, if he dared to take risks, Guo Jia would definitely lead all his troops to directly attack the Han army under the Samoyu Zha City with the prepared bait together with the momentum of a decisive battle.
Such a flanking attack, with about five times the strength of the troops, under the leadership of veterans, has a great chance of victory. However, in Guo Jia's view, ordinary commanders would not dare to use this dangerous method. Duer Although Jia is good, he is not qualified to do such a thing.
Therefore, in Guo Jia's view, it was impossible for Durga to send an army of this size, so it would be smaller, one hundred thousand. This would not only ensure that Huashi City and Rajgir City had sufficient defensive capabilities, but also the size of the own army would be large enough.
Of course, in Guo Jia's view, this approach is a bit like a snake and a mouse. If you want to take advantage of it, it will inevitably come to nothing.
