Song Qing thoroughly enjoyed the pot of tobacco in his hand, staring at Young Master Liu with curiosity and fear.
"I'm a little curious now. If you were your junior brother Huyan Yunyao, how would you plan to resist the powerful attack of the dragon this time?"
Liu Mingzhi glanced at Song Qing lightly, hesitating whether to express his thoughts.
However, thinking of having nothing to do, I was originally sitting in the study just to discuss the offensive and defensive layout of the troops from all sides. Let's talk about it.
Liu Mingzhi walked towards the stove, picked up the teapot and put it on the stove, preparing to make a pot of fragrant tea.
"You should be familiar with the saying that to capture the thief first, capture the king."
Song Qing clasped his chin and muttered for a while. The third brother asked about the meaning of this sentence, and nodded thoughtfully.
"Of course they are not strangers. Do you mean to capture Commander Yun to scare the three armies? This time I really want to refute you. If you want to capture Commander Yun, the commander-in-chief of the three armies, out of a million troops, it is just to threaten Dalong to retreat. It’s just whimsical.”
Liu Mingzhi curled his lips and smiled, watching Song Qing nuzzle at the position of the sand table in amusement.
"It seems that you don't really understand the true meaning of the king in my words. Go to the sand table and have a look. I think you will understand."
Song Qing was startled for a moment, then walked towards the sand table with suspicion, and looked at the sand table again that he had already seen hundreds of times.
Song Qing lowered his eyes and realized that the spot on the flash drive had already been filled with flags representing Turkic soldiers and horses by his third brother.
Song Qing slowly examined the positions of the flags and speculated on their intentions.
From the initial curious expression, Song Qing's face gradually became more solemn, and finally his forehead was even covered with fine beads of sweat in the slightly cold northern Xinjiang weather.
The Turkic flag spread from the location of the Turkic Royal Court to the location of the Moro River fifteen miles outside Songzhou, the border city of the Jin Kingdom.
Then the flag representing the soldiers and horses was divided into three, and went all the way north to Xingzhou, all the way to the outside of Songzhou City, and finally went to the Huda tribe. However, it went all the way to the old Peruvian tribe and went straight to one of the six cities in the northern border of Dalong. Yunzhou.
The flag of Yunzhou radiated all the way south, to Dingzhou, Qianzhou, Luozhou, Tongzhou... Mingzhou, and finally settled on the capital, the heart of Dalong.
Young Master Liu was holding two cups of brewed tea, one cup was brought to his mouth to taste briefly, and the other cup was held in his hand as he walked towards the sand table.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
Song Qing, who was staring at the sand table in a daze, suddenly turned around and stared at Young Master Liu: "When you say "capture the thief first, capture the king, do you mean His Majesty?"
Major Liu handed the other cup of tea to Song Qing and shrugged playfully.
"Isn't that obvious enough?"
Song Qing took the teacup handed to him blankly: "But...but..."
"But where can the Turks have so many troops to dispatch, right?"
"Um."
Liu Mingzhi placed the tea cup on the edge of the sand table and leaned over the Turkic grassland to examine it.
"Compared with the number of troops sent south every time, the Turks are passively defensive this time. It can be said that the whole country is armed. Don't forget that the Turks are a nation where men, women, old and young can mount a horse and fight.
When they went south to invade the border, they needed to retain some elite troops to guard the base camp to prevent sudden changes. However, this was their home battle, so all their troops would naturally be mobilized.
According to my estimate, the current real elite strength of the Turks is around 300,000 at least.
You must know that the current Turkic tribesmen, men, women, and children combined have a population of just over four million.
Even if 90% of the old, weak, sick, disabled, and women were removed, they would still have more than 300,000 elite soldiers and horses. "
Song Qing also leaned over the sand table and examined it, thinking carefully about what Young Master Liu had just said.
"Even though, as you said, the Turks still have 300,000 truly elite cavalry, once the troops are divided into three groups, how many troops will be able to detour south and attack our Dalong Capital?
The powerful government soldiers in various state capitals in the hinterland of our dragon may not be taken seriously by them, but the capital city has 100,000 elite guards and 40,000 auxiliary soldiers in various battalions, guards, and gates.
Even if the Turks allocate 200,000 soldiers and horses to attack our dragon, for the Turks who have no artillery and are all cavalry, it is impossible to capture the capital in less than two months.
Moreover, the Turks are famous for their cavalry. Regarding their experience in siege warfare, it’s not that I look down on them. They may not be as good as our miscellaneous soldiers.
Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, there are still 100,000 naval troops guarding it. They can move north along the river to support the capital in less than a month.
If the soldiers from various state capitals receive the imperial edict from King Qin again, they will immediately rush to the capital to rescue him.
No matter how weak the government troops are, there are still 400,000 people, and they can be exhausted to death even if they are tired. "
Liu Mingzhi casually played with the ring on his hand and looked at Song Qing narrowly.
"How do you know that my junior brother will not get siege weapons like artillery from the Kingdom of Jin?"
"this........."
"What if the troops that went to make a detour to attack the capital were called elite soldiers, but they were just old and weak Turkic cavalry? What if the other two separate teams were also forcibly formed old and weak troops?
It’s no problem if you can’t beat him, but you still can’t escape? Wouldn't it involve Dalong's troops to attack the Jin Kingdom's city?
Without a real confrontation, who knows whether the Turks' military strength is only the elite division?
Again, the Turks are a nation where men, women, old and young can be enemies.
Which of those old Turks didn't follow the Western Turks southward and repeatedly invade our Dalong border?
Their combat prowess was no longer as good as that of the young generals, but their riding and shooting skills had also deteriorated. "
"I...if what you said is what you said, where will the Turks' real 300,000 elites be placed?"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the tea cup and took a slow sip.
"You can surround the spot and support it. Why won't others surround the spot and support it?
Not only Marshal Yun, but also this king, the first reaction after receiving the news was to think about how to save him.
However, the war outside the Pass was in a stalemate. If King Qin wanted to come to his rescue, he could only allocate a small number of troops to the capital.
What do you think will happen if 300,000 long-awaited Turkic cavalry suddenly appear from the north of Shanhaiguan while reinforcements are rushing to the capital?
After the reinforcements that supported the capital were dealt with, they waited for two days and then released a message that the crisis in the capital had been resolved by a hundred thousand forbidden troops, soldiers from various places and the Jiangnan Navy.
At this time, the Turks put on the armor of the Dalong soldiers, pretended to be the reinforcements returning from the pass and returned to the battlefield outside the pass, catching the army by surprise.
Who would have thought that his former comrades would kill him.
The problem of scouts is simply a minor problem. Too few Turks can speak Chinese.
How can one recognize the millions of army scouts? Just recognize them and deal with them. If there is one missing scout for the time being, no one will be able to immediately notice that something is wrong.
With the speed of the cavalry, they would not be given a chance to react.
I think everyone knows what choice to make at the expense of old and weak troops in exchange for the enemy's elite troops. "
Liu Mingzhi drank the tea in one gulp, crossed his arms across his chest and looked at the stunned Song Qing with a faint smile.
"How about this, how about substituting tricks and substituting flowers and trees to get the art of war?
In other words, it’s okay to build the plank road openly and covertly! "
Song Qing came back to his senses and looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly, his expression extremely complicated.
"Why do I think that a million-strong army that makes the Turkic Jin people dizzy and sleepless is so vulnerable in your hands?"
"No, please don't say that. I am not so conceited that I can't even look down upon a million-strong army.
The method I mentioned is only slightly stronger than the current defensive strategy of the Turks and the Jin Kingdom.
Blindly defending is tantamount to waiting to perish.
And the best defense is exactly offense.
Only by using offense as defense can the two countries have a chance of survival! "
