The military meeting was still in progress, and everyone once again discussed the two existing Pingze. Zhuge Liang discovered a very magical phenomenon.
From the beginning of the military discussion until now, Pang Tong has said surprisingly little.
This is strange.
If we talk about strategic layout, in fact, among all the people present, Pang Tong is the one with the highest level.
But now that the Northern Expedition was related to the fate of the Han Dynasty, Pang Tong said nothing. This is really abnormal.
"Shi Yuan said very little today, but he has a good plan?!"
Zhuge Liang saw this and asked quickly.
Pang Tong hesitated for a moment, then smiled reluctantly and said, "I do have some ideas, but I just don't say anything!"
That's right, it's unreasonable.
"Since it's a military meeting, you should be able to speak freely, so why can't you speak up?!" Zhang Xi asked in confusion.
Xu Shu also followed up and said, "What Yuan Chang said is that if Shi Yuan has a strategy, why not speak freely, and we can study it together."
The three people asked together, and Pang Tong sighed, stood with his hands behind his back, and said, "I do have a strategy, but this strategy has some miraculous effects, but it is inappropriate for the time. This Northern Expedition should be a war to destroy the country, and stability should be the first priority. Therefore, It’s my advice, just don’t say anything!!!”
In fact, everyone understands the meaning of Pang Tong's words.
The war to destroy the country requires stability, and it can be pushed evenly, and what Pang Tong is best at is clever strategies and surprises. Even if he has a strategy, considering the special nature of the war to destroy the country, Pang Tong also feels that his strategy is not perfect. So I don't want to add any extraneous ramifications.
But that's it. Zhuge Liang became interested after hearing this.
"Shi Yuan might as well give it a try!"
If this was said by someone else, it would be fine if it were said by Zhuge Liang. Even Pang Tong looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.
Your boy and that Zhang Yuanchang are both virtuous people, and they are both cautious in their military use. They should not take risks if they can. Why are you looking for strange strategies in this kind of war to destroy the country? !
Not to mention Pang Tong, even the remaining four people all looked at Zhuge Liang. Is the sun rising in the west today? !
Zhuge Liang also felt a little embarrassed to see him, so he could only cough and said in a pretentious manner, "The way to use military force is to use right combination and surprise to win. The combination of right and wrong is the king's way."
This is just a misinterpretation of "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.
"Qi" in "Sun Tzu's Art of War" does not mean "wonderful strategy". It refers to the general's strong adaptability and changeable command tactics when commanding operations. But the problem is that everyone knows that a military strategist of Zhuge Liang's level, There's no way he doesn't understand this.
These words are just a step for myself.
Okay, since Zhuge Liang has become shameless, Pang Tong has nothing to worry about.
"The unified strategy is to add a new line of troops, send troops from Pubanjindu to the east of the river, enter Bingzhou, go east from Bingzhou, cross Huguan, and attack Yecheng!!!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Zhuge Liang, fell silent.
Everyone is thinking about the feasibility of this strategy.
Of course, if it is just a simple strategy of advancing troops all the way, this plan is really not very good. Cao Wei only needs to send people to close the pot and block the passage from Bingzhou to Jizhou.
Obviously, Pang Tong's intention was to separate a third line of troops to carry out this sneak attack strategy based on the two lines of advance discussed previously.
Generally speaking, whether the troops are marching from Hanoi or Dongjun, it is within everyone's expectation. Whether it is Guo Huai or Sima Yi, they will predict this kind of march in advance. This is why Zhuge Liang wants a "wonderful strategy".
Strategy is too easy to guess.
But if there is such an additional change in soldiers and horses, will it have the effect of concealing the truth? !
This is really hard to say.
Moreover, even if this group of soldiers and horses failed to break through Huguan in the end, as long as they can sweep Hedong and enter Bingzhou, they can contain most of the soldiers and horses living in Hedong County and Hanoi County, and prepare the way for the Han army to attack Hanoi to advance eastward. Songs create opportunities.
At this time, there were many strategic options for attacking Hanoi, and Cao Wei would not be able to block them all.
At least on the surface, this is a pretty good strategy.
The reason why Pang Tong hesitated to say anything was that he didn't have enough troops.
Whether attacking Hanoi or attacking southern Jizhou, at least 200,000 to 300,000 troops will be needed to ensure that Cao Wei cannot mobilize Cao Wei's two defense lines on the Yellow River.
If we add another group of troops to attack Hedong, we will need at least 100,000 troops.
Otherwise, it can be seen at a glance that this is a partial force and will not be able to achieve the purpose of sweeping Hedong and containing the Wei army.
In this case, in total, at least about 400,000 soldiers are needed.
But today's big man, even the nationwide mobilization cannot bring out so many soldiers.
It's not that there are not 400,000 soldiers in the Han Dynasty. In fact, the Han Dynasty now has a total of 600,000 soldiers, including registered county soldiers and various retired elites.
But among these 600,000 people, at least half cannot be easily mobilized.
It is necessary to retain people to guard the border and defend against foreign enemies. It is necessary to retain people to stabilize local security and prevent local rebellions. It is necessary to retain people to defend Jingzhou and the southern part of Yanzhou from Dongwu who took advantage of the fire. It is necessary to retain people to guard the capital of Chang'an and to protect the emperor. .Zhuge Liang was very careful, and the total number of soldiers and horses that could be used for the Northern Expedition was only 300,000 at most.
If we add another army of soldiers and horses, where will the troops be drawn from? This will be a very big problem.
And this was the real reason why Pang Tong didn't want to put forward his plan. He also calculated for a long time, but couldn't figure out where to draw these 100,000 people.
But now, the words have been said and the strategy has been offered. No matter how they think about it, the more the six people present think about it, the more they feel that this is really a pretty good idea.
I'm a little reluctant to give up.
Then the hard work started.
According to secret reports from Beidi Xizuo and Liu Fang, Guo Huai now has 100,000 soldiers guarding the Yellow River defense line in southern Jizhou. In Hanoi County, Xiahouba and Qinlang combined have about 50,000 soldiers. In the hands of Sima Division in Hedong County There are 30,000 soldiers, plus the entire state of Bingzhou, there are at least 50,000 to 70,000 guards, at least half of which are cavalry. The total strength of Cao Wei's defense depth is about 250,000.
With 300,000 people crossing the river to attack, the force is already relatively stretched. It would be too difficult to divide the troops to form a third line of troops.
It's not impossible to force it together, but the problem is that if too many Jingzhou soldiers or Yanzhou soldiers are deployed, it will be difficult for Soochow to deal with it.
This matter depends on how the top leaders in both places predict it.
Xu Shu and Zhang Xi were both weighing this seriously. Xu Shu was the first to respond.
Xu Shu didn't think that he could mobilize additional troops.
First, because Yanzhou was newly settled, many local affairs were not sorted out completely. In this Northern Expedition, it was not easy to allocate a large number of troops to concentrate on Dongjun. If more troops were transferred, it would easily cause instability in Yanzhou.
Second, from the perspective of defense against Soochow, if Xu Shu dared to mobilize too many troops from the south of Yanzhou to the north, then that old fox Lu Xun would definitely take the opportunity to send troops.
Today, there are three counties and one country in the south of Yanzhou. It is Soochow that occupies two countries and one county. It has the upper hand. If Lu Xun takes advantage of the opportunity and captures Chen State, threatening Yingchuan County and Chenliu County, then this Yanzhou may really be There's a fire in the backyard.
Xu Shu really couldn't mobilize the troops to show his attitude.
Therefore, the pressure can only be placed on Jingzhou.
After all, now that the Han Dynasty has taken back most of the land in Jingzhou, with only one Jiangxia County left in Soochow's hands, the pressure to defend it should not be too great, right? !
Zhang Xi, on the other hand, was actually making careful calculations.
Since the four counties in Jingnan were taken back, the pressure on the south that Jingzhou needs to face has indeed been reduced a lot, but the pressure on the east has no tendency to decrease at all.
Jiangxia County in Soochow has accumulated 80,000 amphibious troops, while Chaisang County in the south of Jiangxia County has 50,000 people in reserve here. The total number is 130,000.
With such a large number of troops, if necessary, we can launch another invasion of Jingzhou.
The heartland of Jingzhou has always been Nan County and Xiangyang County, and Jiangxia County happens to have waterway conditions that can lead to these two counties. Soochow is famous for its naval combat power. I really don't dare to take it lightly.
Originally, Jingzhou's total military strength was not large. The total number of troops in the state was about 150,000. The last Northern Expedition contributed 50,000 people. If an additional 100,000 people were to be mobilized this time, Jingzhou would not need to be defended.
Zhang Xi had fully calculated that he could provide at most 30,000 people for the Northern Expedition. It was difficult to guarantee that these 30,000 people would be veterans with battle experience.
Otherwise, Jingzhou will be full of loopholes! ! !
But, 30,000 people, is that enough? !
Zhuge Liang thought about it carefully for a while and thought it might be enough.
(End of chapter)
