"Sun Tzu said: In all military matters, you will be ordered by the king to unite the army and gather the people. There will be no shelter in the ruined land, the intersection of the thoroughfares, and the desolate land without any left. If you encircle the territory, you will plot, and if you die, you will fight."
This means that if it is a desperate situation, the army should not stop. If it is a dead place that cannot be escaped, it can only fight to the death.
The ants are unwilling to give up even this terrain that is particularly unfavorable for defense, and even send their most elite troops there. In the eyes of the protagonist, this is a complete waste of precious elite troops.
From a topographic point of view, the original situation of "Linshui City" was not that bad. The island was surrounded by water, and only the south side was connected to the river bank by a natural wooden bridge. As long as heavy troops were deployed on this only channel, the ordinary ant army would have to spend a huge price. to pass. If the Divine Envoy King's army were to defend here, I believe the damage could be increased.
But once the river froze in winter, the situation changed. Surrounded by water, it immediately became surrounded by enemies on all sides. The original natural chasm turned into a thoroughfare, and the attacker now had an advantage.
The right time, place and people make the defenders incomparable to the attackers in three aspects: the enemy is more adapted to activities in the winter climate, there are no terrain obstacles in attacking "Linshui City", they are large in number and can be easily replenished, while the defenders are huddled in The city will be frozen and the movement will be slow, surrounded by water and there is no danger to defend, and the army will be trapped alone without support. The merits of both parties are determined.
In this case, generally speaking, going to station here is a life-or-death adventure. If the protagonist didn't know that the kings are just stupid and not bad, they would inevitably feel that they are deliberately consuming their own strength.
It would be fine if we just let the Divine Envoy King's Legion garrison the most dangerous sub-nest. The protagonist believes that with his leadership ability and the combat effectiveness of the Divine Envoy King's Legion, after some careful planning and preparation, there is still a way to secure the victory. To hold this stronghold.
The crux of the problem is that the King's Conference prohibits the kings from going to the front line to command in danger. In this way, the God's Envoy King's legion can only fight under the leadership of each squad commander, and General Gun will lead the entire legion as a temporary commander.
Although Gun is his confidant and deeply trusted, the protagonist still does not trust him to control the fate of the entire army in the cold season. Gun has an impatient and careless personality. Once a command error occurs, it will inevitably cause heavy losses to the army or even the entire army. The army was destroyed. The protagonist will never tolerate such a level of loss for the painstakingly trained legion.
So the protagonist immediately objected. Considering the character of the ants, he could not directly ask to give up such a desperate place as "Linshui City". After all, if the kings felt that he, the God Envoy King, was cowardly, it would be a threat to his prestige. Such a major blow, any plan he wants to advance in the future will inevitably face a lot of resistance.
The protagonist said this:
First, he is willing to dispatch more soldiers to the front line of the winter defensive war, not just one legion, but three legions.
In this way, "Linshui City" appears to be too small in scale. After all, it is a sub-nest built on a banyan tree, with limited room for expansion. The groundwater level is too high, making it unsuitable for underground expansion.
Therefore, the protagonist suggested that the three legions of the Envoy King be dispatched to a second nest on the south bank of the river that can be expanded to garrison.
Second, the protagonist believes that he must go to the front line to lead the legion in person. This is what a brave commander should do. It is not the behavior of a warrior to let ordinary kings and soldiers fight bloody battles while he huddles in the safety of the rear and hibernates peacefully.
After a brief exchange at the meeting of kings, they believed that the God-Emissary King was indeed commendable for his courage. However, there is a certain reason why the kingdom has been arranged in this way for thousands of years. It takes a lot of time and resources to train a qualified king. He cannot be like an ordinary king and Soldiers are lost so easily. Therefore, even if some brave and fearless kings agree with the protagonist and say that kings should go to the front line to fight in person, most kings are still more willing to abide by tradition.
As for the proposal to have the Divine Envoy King's Legion stationed in other auxiliary nests, it was also rejected by the King's Council. They believed that it was possible for the Divine Envoy King's Legion to be able to send three legions as mentioned by the protagonist, but it was likely that the three legions in "Dongyang City" would be deployed. All the worker ants and soldier ants were mobilized - after all, they didn't think any sub-nest had such a large scale and resources that could support three legions of pure soldier ants.
Therefore, the King's Council believes that even if the three legions put together have more soldiers, their combat effectiveness will not be very strong, and they will consume a lot of materials and affect the development of "Dongyang City". This approach is not advisable.
The protagonist is very angry. He is not timid and wants to preserve his strength. He clearly wants to help the kingdom achieve a better record. In the coming year, he even wants to actively find a way to cross the river to attack the hinterland of the Pavement Ant Barbarian Army. As a result, the King's Council rejected both of the protagonist's proposals. This obviously pushed the God Envoy King's army to a dead end.
The protagonist immediately became rude. He didn't want to use "divine will" anymore, and just used anger to accuse those stubborn and conservative kings.
This kind of blatant accusation against the king is rare in the history of the Ant Kingdom. One of the parties is the God Envoy King with outstanding prestige and brilliant record. For a time, many of the participating kings were very surprised. In their opinion, they just adopted what they thought was the safest and most reasonable tactic based on past experience, but they were actually accused of being "stupid" and "cowardly" by the "God Envoy King".
This kind of direct accusation is unique in the history of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom and the history of the King's Conference, and the accuser is not an ordinary king, but the God Envoy King who is regarded as the incarnation of the "God of War", and the scope of the matter belongs to In the field of war, all the kings attending the meeting had to pay high attention to it!
Some kings who had previously taken the lead in opposing the protagonist's opinions and believed that defense plans should continue to be formulated according to tradition could not refute the protagonist's accusation of "defending every year, but losing cities and territory every year". This is indeed true.
Therefore, even if they still feel the need to adhere to tradition, they are hesitating under the protagonist's responsibilities based on the real situation.
The protagonist couldn't help but become more and more impassioned. His dissatisfaction with the serious conservative culture of the Big-headed Ant Kingdom since time travel stirred up in the protagonist's chest, making him unhappy. At this time, he no longer cares about other people's opinions or the possible consequences, just like a person who has to vent his emotions.
Originally there were several kings who tried to refute the protagonist's statement, but in terms of their rhetoric skills, they were no match for the protagonist who had been baptized by the socialist market economy and spiritual civilization since childhood.
Soon, as the voice of the last person who tried to speak was drowned, only the protagonist's language signal spread throughout the cobblestone floor...
