Chu Ba immediately flew back to the army and held an emergency high-level meeting on the wooden platform on top of the giant elephant. Because where to go next will determine success or failure.
Most of the senior officials believed that Jiang Ze must have joined forces with the Flying Tigers to attack Yecheng, and the army should speed up its march to avoid unexpected events in Yecheng.
But General Tiger raised a rhetorical question: "Everyone, don't you think it's strange? If Jiang Ze wanted to rush to the aid of the Flying Tigers, the cavalry could have taken a slightly detour and rushed to Yecheng without anyone noticing. Why did it have to be We sense it? Isn’t that weird?”
General Tiger's question immediately stopped everyone, because this matter was indeed very strange.
"Is there any fraud here?"
"Yes, why are you telling us? Doesn't this force us to speed up our march?"
"Jiang Ze's purpose may not be to attack Yecheng, but to ambush in front, so he deliberately exposed his position and made us march in a hurry to wear down the physical strength of our troops." General Yutong analyzed.
"What Admiral Yutong said makes sense. We can't be too hasty and the formation can't be messed up."
Everyone said something to you and me, but none of them mentioned Chu Ba's point of view.
Chu Ba couldn't help it anymore, and he asked everyone directly: "Everyone, don't any of you have the same idea as me?"
"Commander, if you have anything to say, just say it. What time of the day is it? You're still trying to hide it." Yutong said anxiously.
"You may not agree with my point of view, but I still want to say, why don't we take a gamble?"
"How to bet? Tell me quickly."
"There are only civilians in Nuer City now and no soldiers. We can break through and enter the city in one day without any damage. The most important thing is that after the city is broken, we will not face harassment or guerrilla warfare, because Jiang Ze's main force has already rushed to Yecheng."
"Commander, what you said makes sense, but what will happen to Yecheng if this happens? Jiang Ze's main force and the Feihu Regiment are united, and Yecheng is in danger." Yutong said anxiously.
"Is Yecheng so easy to capture? Yecheng's city defense is very solid. With the limited siege equipment of the Flying Tiger Regiment, even if it takes ten days to attack, it may not be able to open a hole. And we can capture Nudu in a few days. Er City, when the time comes, use the civilians of Nuer City to threaten them and force the Flying Tigers to disintegrate."
"But Jiang Ze's main force will reach Yecheng in one day. We are not sure how long Yecheng can hold on."
"Jiang Ze's main force is heavy cavalry. The advantage of heavy cavalry is to charge into battle, not to attack the city. Furthermore, whether the heavy cavalry has siege equipment, even if they join, they cannot speed up the siege. And you also said it , Jiang Ze deliberately leaked his whereabouts, and his purpose was probably to ambush us on the road we must pass. Don’t forget, more than half of our more than 200,000 troops are militiamen in disguise. If we really fight , our losses will be huge.”
Chu Ba's analysis was very clear, and more and more generals were persuaded. However, Yutong still felt something was wrong. He was still worried about his family in Yecheng.
"Commander, maybe what you say makes sense, but I still think we shouldn't be too greedy. We can't take care of both Ye City and Nuer City now."
"Why can't we take care of both? Didn't I say that? Let's quickly occupy Nuer City, disintegrate the Flying Tigers, and solve the crisis in Ye City."
"Then have you ever thought about what if all this is Jiang Ze's conspiracy?"
"What conspiracy?"
"For example, that bunch of heavy cavalry may be fake, and they may not be the main force at all. The main force
We are still in Nuer City, and we will not be able to capture Nuer City for a while, and we will waste a lot of time for no reason. "
"What nonsense are you talking about? Those heavy cavalry are the main force. Is my induction false? There are at least tens of thousands of people with strength values exceeding 100. They are definitely the main force."
"Commander, is there a possibility that you may be under an illusion?"
"Yutong, are you looking down on me? Is there anyone in the world whose illusion can conjure up me?" Chu Ba said a little unhappy.
"Yutong, the commander was not the only one who sensed a large amount of fluctuations in combat power at that time. The possibility of illusion is zero." General Tiger said.
"Okay, I don't want to argue anymore. Commander, if you insist on having your own way, just give the order and I will obey the order. But if you want democracy, then everyone can vote on whether to continue marching or to steal Nuer City ." Yutong was a little tired and didn't want to argue with the officer anymore.
In fact, Chu Ba didn't have any confidence in his heart. Although he thought his judgment should be correct, he was also worried about whether there might be any changes.
At this time, he looked at Raymond. After all, he was also one of the five-star generals and had dealt with Jiang Ze.
"Leymon, please tell me your opinion. Do you think it is feasible for us to steal Nuer City?"
Lei Meng had been staring at the sky before. When Chu Ba asked him questions by name, he was stunned for a while, then looked at everyone, and sighed helplessly: "It's not that I don't want to express my opinion, it's just that I feel that no matter how I think about it, There will always be loopholes. Looking back, considering Jiang Ze's cunning, I constantly overturned the easily guessed possibilities and imagined the best plan, but in the end I fell into Jiang Ze's trap. And this time, I really don't know What will Jiang Ze do? And Jiang Ze is this kind of person. He deliberately exposes his traces and forces us to guess here and there, but the end result is that he can always guess what we are thinking. Jiang Ze is a genius. .”
"What nonsense are you talking about? Do you mean we won't do anything?" Chu Ba said displeased.
"Of course not."
"Then don't talk nonsense, can you say something useful?"
"Since you insist on telling me, I do have an idea, and that is to divide the troops. Since we can't figure out Jiang Ze's purpose now, we might as well divide the troops. After all, more than 200,000 troops are all concentrated together. It would appear very passive.”
"How to divide it?"
"If we want to verify whether Nuer City is empty, we don't need to dispatch the main army at all. We only need to send a few thousand elite troops to Nuer City. The elite troops are relatively powerful and can speed up the transportation of siege equipment. The time can be shortened by twice. The army takes more than two days to travel, and they can arrive in about a day. Whether Nuer City is an empty city or not, we will know soon. If there is a problem in Nuer City, then our main army We can abandon Nuer City and continue to rush to Ye City. At least, even if we don’t get Nuer City, we won’t lose Ye City.”
As soon as Raymond finished speaking, Yutong praised excitedly: "As expected of General Raymond, this method is good. In this way, we will not waste too much time."
"Yes, that makes sense." Other generals also agreed.
"It is indeed feasible. In this way, we can do both without delay." Even Chu Ba agreed.
"But..." Raymond suddenly frowned again.
"But what?" Yutong asked.
"According to the opposite method, assuming Jiang Ze guesses my idea, then he may not defend the city and directly send out the main force to attack. Not only can he kill
Our elites can also take away our siege equipment. "
"Is Jiang Ze such a god? Can you guess everything? And it seems that you always did the opposite, which led to the collapse of Dal City and Nuer City." Chu Ba always felt that Raymond was being manipulated by Jiang Ze Ze was frightened.
"However, in fact, we must consider all possibilities, but once I thought about it, I realized that we could not defeat Jiang Ze at all." Raymond's expression suddenly became a little desperate.
"I think you were frightened by Jiang Ze and made a fuss out of a molehill."
"Actually, I don't think Raymond is making a fuss. Jiang Ze's main force is heavy cavalry, which is extremely mobile. If we can't guess the location of Jiang Ze's main force, we still can't act rashly." General Tiger also felt that this matter cannot be easily concluded. .
"Didn't Jiang Ze's main force go west? How many times do I have to emphasize this?" Chu Ba was so angry that he almost slammed the table again.
"That's just what Jiang Ze wanted us to see. He deliberately let us see him heading west. But in fact, maybe they are just waiting and watching, and then waiting for us to act first before he takes action. .”
"Jiang Ze can't be so disgusting, right?"
"Jiang Ze is so disgusting." Raymond replied quickly.
"Then we might as well send out scouts to investigate."
"The problem is, they will also have scouts. When we get close, they stay away."
"Fuck, what do you think we should do?"
"I still think that we should abandon Nuer City and go directly to Yecheng to save Yecheng first." Yutong said excitedly.
"I have said many times that nothing will happen to Yecheng in a short time. The question is how should we arrange our next move now? Do you know that if Nuer City can be taken back, the eastern portal can be guarded , we hope to be able to block Ao Lie's army in the future. If we only have one Yecheng left, Ao Lie can concentrate all his firepower on the attack, and we will be very passive."
"Then I don't want to say any more, it's your decision." Yutong really didn't want to argue now.
"You guys can discuss it. I really don't want to waste my brain energy anymore. Once you guys come up with the results, I'll just obey." Raymond sighed.
"In that case, let's vote. Those who agree with the surprise attack on Nuer City will raise their hands, and those who agree with going to Ye City will not raise their hands." Yutong said.
"By the way, I abstain from voting." Raymond said listlessly.
"Then I will also abstain." General Tiger also said.
Not only did Lei Meng abstain, but many generals also chose to abstain. Perhaps they were unsure, and felt that what the Army Commander said made sense. They also felt that what Yutong, Raymond, and General Hu said all made sense. Since he couldn't decide, instead of abstaining, let Chu Ba make the final decision.
In the end, more than half abstained.
"Everyone, do you want me to make decisions alone? What use do I need from you generals?" Chu Ba was going crazy now.
No one said anything. To put it bluntly, the current situation was very passive. Coupled with Jiang Ze's insidiousness, this battle was very difficult to fight. It was better to pass the blame.
"Okay, since you are all like this, let's not discuss it. You all listen to me. The whole army goes to Yecheng. Maybe the Chu State will perish, but I will let you see your family one last time." Chu Ba's determination is very Helpless, but it caters to the hearts of most soldiers.
"Commander, let's fight back to Yecheng and destroy the Flying Tigers."
"Yes, destroy the Flying Tigers."
(End of chapter)
