"My lord, Dongyi has been defeated. At this time, the strength of our army is less than half. Liang thought that he could seize Jiubao and Bianqing to force Dongyi to divide his troops!" Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan.
Dongyi's military strength was not only less than half of Wang Yu and the Zhendong Army's strength, it was even much less than half, and a little more than one-third of their total strength.
In this battle, although the Zhendong Army also lost 30,000 troops, it replaced the opponent's 140,000 troops, which directly opened a gap in the strength of the two sides.
Moreover, Wang Yu's troops were about to enter the battlefield. Even excluding the 40,000 troops who were divided into Nanping Road, Wang Yu still had 110,000 troops under his command.
Yes, Wang Yu now has 110,000 troops and horses under his command, not just 80,000 troops.
As for where the remaining 30,000 soldiers and horses came from, of course they were Dongyi's soldiers and horses.
When Xue Rengui made a surprise attack on Jinchuan City, he captured a lot of prisoners. Of course, these people had to be used.
These prisoners are definitely not willing to surrender to the Zhendong Army to attack Dongyi, and they will use their knives to help the Zhendong Army as outsiders to point at their compatriots. However, these prisoners are not surrendering to the Zhendong Army now, let alone Wang Yu, but to The newly established Dongyi small court.
They participated in the war not to help Wang Yu and the Zhendong Army attack their compatriots, but to accompany the reinforcements invited by their Majesty to quell the civil strife within Dongyi.
Wang Yu's efforts in setting up such a small Dongyi court were of course of great use. These 30,000 Dongyi troops were the initial manifestation of the value of this small Dongyi court. Moreover, it is only a preliminary manifestation.
"The land of Jiubao is suspected of attacking Zhongping Road, and the land of Bianqing has the opportunity to respond to Nanping Road. Dongyi has no choice but to support these two places!"
"Kong Ming's plan hits Dongyi's weakness directly, I can't do it any better!" Yao Guangxiao seemed to be truly convinced.
Zhuge Liang's strategy is not complicated, it is a simple division of troops, but sometimes the simpler the strategy, the more efficient and effective it is.
It is precisely because Wang Yu's side has enough troops that after this battle, the gap between them and Yelu Abaoji and Yelu'an has been widened, and they have enough confidence to divide their troops.
If they divide their forces, will Yelu Abaoji and Yelu An also divide their forces to fight against them? If the other side does not divide their forces to fight, wouldn't it be equivalent to giving up these territories to Wang Yu in vain?
But how could Dongyi find the confidence to divide his troops?
After Yelu Defei sent out ten or twenty thousand reinforcements, he was completely hunkered down and motionless, especially when the Zhendong Navy began to take action.
Although Yelu Abaoji used half of his troops in this battle, he still had half of his troops in hand, but his half of the troops still needed to defend Beiping Road, Dongping Road, and the small half of Zhongping Road. Such a large territory, if left How can we hold on if we have fewer troops? Once too many troops are mobilized, the former capital of Dongyi Kingdom will serve as a lesson for them!
Next, after all, Dongyi is still bordering Beidi. Although Beidi itself has begun to fall into chaos, it can appropriately weaken the defense against Beidi, but it does not mean that it can completely weaken the defense against Beidi.
With the forces currently available to Yelu Abaoji and Yelu An, once they divide their forces, the enemies facing Wang Dangzhi will be increasingly weakened, and it will naturally be easier to further open up the situation.
As for some people who say that if Wang Yu divides his troops, Yelu Abaoji and Yelu An may break it up. However, how can it be just talk about dividing and breaking it?
First of all, the division of troops is only divided into two partial divisions, which will never affect Wang Dangzhi's strength!
Secondly, it can be divided and broken, which means that the ability of the opponent's commander must be at least one level higher than the ability of his own commander. Otherwise, how could he easily pull his side to fight? But can Yelu Abaoji do this?
Third, to divide and defeat them, the opponent must be fast enough and be able to concentrate their forces and defeat all the troops before Wang Yu reacts. As a semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural civilization, Dongyi is not bad in terms of cavalry strength, but the Zhendong Army also made its fortune with cavalry. Can they really be so much faster than others?
Of course, it cannot be said that there is really no risk in doing so! But is the survival of the war a sure thing? How could it be possible to take no risk at all? How could he not dare to act because of such small risks?
"Coordinate Nanping Road!" After hearing these words, Wang Yu began to think about it secretly.
As for the Enterprising Zhongping Dao, Wang Yu didn't think much about it. It is okay to send out a partial force to force the opponent to divide their troops, but if they really attack Zhongping Road, Yelu Abaoji will really fight for his life, and Yelu Defei will not be able to continue to huddle in Nanping Road like now.
Although Yelu Defei's recent performance has some suspicions of sacrificing his own life in big situations, the more he is like this, the more fierce his counterattack will be once you touch his bottom line.
Before completely conquering the entire Xiping Road, it is still not appropriate to make such extraneous matters.
But it was these words from Nan Ping Dao that made Wang Yu really interested. You must know that Li Jingke, who he valued highly, was among the side troops along the way.
"How is the battle going with Wen Zhong!" After thinking of this, Wang Yu couldn't help but ask.
With Li Jing's capital, it is certainly impossible to become the leader of the road. When he first arrived, he was promoted as a special general because of his special promotion. It was impossible for him to directly put pressure on so many generals.
If you are a general who is loyal and has worked hard for many years and done all the dirty work, but a new man who has only been here for a few days is weighing on you, if it were you, would you feel comfortable? ?
Therefore, Wen Zhong was the main general of the partial division, and Li Jing was just a general under Wen Zhong. In fact, if Wang Yu hadn't given him a few words of care, he would have been just an ordinary, inconspicuous general.
"My lord, the navy of Dongyi Nanping is timid in fighting. I heard that the general attacked in the rain and that 40,000 soldiers and horses have entered Nanping!"
Wang Yu's previous experience in Dongyi made everyone in Dongyi very disappointed with their navy, and many people even proposed to reduce their annual investment in the navy.
However, Dongyi soon fell into the Eight Kings Rebellion, and Yelu Defei, who finally occupied Nanping Road, was quite disappointed with the previous performance of the Nanping Navy, but still had to reorganize the Nanping Navy. After all, Nanping Road, which has a large coastline, had to form a navy.
However, the former Nanping Navy was about to be destroyed by Wang Yu, let alone the new Nanping Navy that had just been formed and was far inferior to the Nanping Navy at its peak in all aspects.
(End of chapter)
