Upon hearing this, Zhao Zhenhai's expression became even more gloomy.
He stuffed the remaining pancake into his mouth, drank some more water, and swallowed it forcefully.
As he stood up and put on his armor, he greeted the ancestors of Gusu City.
"Damn it, even the Chinese New Year doesn't let anyone stop."
"There are already 50,000 garrison troops in Gusu City, and they are still stationing troops. With so many people, just eating, drinking and eating every day is an astronomical figure."
"Is it possible that the resources of Gusu City are richer than those of Beixi County?"
"I don't know who the city guard general is. If he is the governor of Jiangnan, I can understand that idiot. He always likes to do meaningless things."
"If it's Lin Wenwan, the former imperial concubine, she can take a good look at her and speculate on her motives."
"but……"
Zhao Zhenhai didn't dwell on it anymore because he vaguely discovered the gate of Gusu City.
There are a lot of troops stationed in Gusu City. If it were ordinary people, more than 50,000 people, it would be okay.
But these more than 50,000 people are all soldiers and horses, and the consumption of materials alone is extremely shocking.
Once Gusu City is besieged and reinforcements cannot arrive, Gusu City will definitely be in civil strife.
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhenhai took off the armor he had just put on.
Seeing this situation, the deputy general beside him couldn't help but ask.
"General, why is this?"
"Our mission here is to intercept Gusu City's reinforcements and prevent Gusu City from continuing to station troops."
"There are thousands of people on the other side. They must be eager to enter Gusu City for the festival. They must be anxious and lax in defense. If we attack, we will surely gain something."
Facing the deputy general's question, Zhao Zhenhai shook his head.
He frowned and held his chin, lost in thought.
"If King Qin were here, how would he decide?"
After thinking about it, he slapped his thigh and said, "Give it a go!"
"Cancel the attack, send someone to contact Jin Yiwei, and send a report to King Qin as quickly as possible to inform Gusu City of the large number of soldiers and horses hoarded."
Although the deputy general complied, his doubts deepened.
"General, what's the explanation?"
Zhao Zhenhai also bears risks. After all, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. If he misjudges the situation and lets these thousand people go, he will be held accountable in the future.
But for the sake of the success of the Spring War, Zhao Zhenhai did not hesitate to take risks.
"Gusu City is an important town in the southern border. It has a large amount of soldiers, horses and supplies. If you want to break the city, besides using human lives to pile it up, there is another way, which is to besiege the city."
Upon hearing this, the deputy general frowned, obviously not agreeing with Zhao Zhenhai's view.
"If we can besiege the city, there is no need to send a vanguard army to put pressure."
"Gusu City is the front tooth, and behind it are countless city-state fortresses, large and small, connected to each other."
"If we bypass Gusu City and go straight to the rear, we will definitely be surrounded and annihilated by the opponent."
"You can't evade the opponent's eyes and ears even if you send elites to infiltrate. As long as your whereabouts are exposed and you fall into a sea of enemies, it will only be a matter of time before you are eliminated."
"In this case, we can only send troops to rescue."
"And Gusu City can continuously send out soldiers and horses to block the reinforcements coming to rescue, but it plays into the enemy's hands."
Facing the deputy general's remarks, Zhao Zhenhai nodded.
"You're right, not just you, everyone thinks so."
"It is precisely because of this that from the very beginning, no one thought of besieging the city."
"Having a large number of soldiers and horses in Gusu City is both an advantage and a disadvantage."
"With a large number of people, we can indeed fight a war of attrition, but accordingly, once the logistics catches fire, Gusu City will instantly become a dead place."
"Although it's hard to do anything to severely damage Gusu City's logistics."
"But this opportunity is obviously much greater than attacking Gusu City directly."
The deputy general could understand Zhao Zhenhai's intentions, but he still had doubts.
After all, Zhao Zhenhai was a guard from the Tianji Battalion and was good at fighting in small groups and infiltrating behind enemy lines.
The Beixi Qingqi has always been one of the main forces in the north and is good at fighting large-scale strategic battles.
Zhao Zhenhai's views must be limited by Tianji Camp's tactics.
"Even if King Qin comes, he can only attack the city."
Because Qin Feng's troops and horses could have different opinions before the war, Zhao Zhenhai was not angry in the face of the deputy general's rebuttal.
"I'll tell you what King Qin will do when he comes."
"If there is no other way, if King Qin attacks the city, he will never send a large army to push it back."
"He will use various catapults to smash into Gusu City, until the opponent's military morale is shaken."
"But the prerequisite for attacking the city with weapons is still to besiege the city first."
"It is necessary to ensure that the enemy cannot launch a large-scale counterattack out of the city and that enemy reinforcements will not launch surprise attacks."
"If you still don't agree, then I will have no choice but to use my identity as a general to suppress you."
Now that the words have come to this point, the deputy general stopped talking.
However, he still had doubts and felt that letting go of the thousand reinforcements was definitely not a wise move.
But Zhao Zhenhai's thoughts were completely different.
Now, he wished that there were more and more defenders in Gusu City.
As a result, not only will the resource consumption of Gusu City increase, but the available troops and horses in other cities and fortresses will also decrease.
This will be of great benefit to future raid logistics.
Although they had different opinions, in order to reassure the deputy general, Zhao Zhenhai reached out and patted the deputy general on the shoulder.
"It's Chinese New Year, what kind of battle are we going to fight? We brothers will eat and drink first when the supply camp arrives."
"Sun Bo's side has already become a pig's brain, do you want to join in the fun?"
Upon hearing this, the deputy general's solemn expression gradually calmed down.
He shrugged.
"That's right! What's the fight for during the Chinese New Year?"
"Anyway, you are the commander-in-chief, we just have to obey your orders."
"Although my subordinates disagree with you on dealing with Gusu City, on the aspect of scolding the heavy supply camp, my subordinates fully support the general."
"Those bastards from the transport camp haven't shown up yet. When they come, I'm going to push them to the ground and blast them."
Zhao Zhenhai raised his head and laughed.
Nowadays, the supply camp has become a street rat. Every soldier in the northern border will curse when the word "supply camp" is mentioned.
at the same time.
In the wilderness only thirty miles away from Zhao Zhenhai, a heavy supply camp consisting of ten carriages and fifty people was fighting a bloody battle.
After all, this is the southern territory, and there are spies everywhere.
Even though the supply camp was extremely careful, their whereabouts were still leaked.
At this time, more than two hundred light cavalry were surrounding the baggage camp and conducting a fierce attack.
The soldiers in the baggage camp relied on carriages to fight back.
Although they are logistics soldiers, their archery skills are not inferior to those of front-line soldiers.
As long as you aim correctly, your arrow will definitely hit the mark!
