What Su Yonglin said was not wrong at all.
Indeed, there are many prerequisites for winning this battle and even achieving a good casualty ratio.
The enemy's stupidity is one of them. The advantageous terrain is also very important. Su Yonglin's correct command is even more important.
Leaving the advantageous terrain and encountering the enemy's veteran generals and elite soldiers, can they fight to the death with the Jin soldiers and defeat them on the plains with no landings on all sides?
At this thought, many officers had secretly put away their newly-appeared suspicion of underestimating the enemy, and turned to seriously consider the questions raised by Su Yonglin.
Seeing that they all stopped underestimating the enemy and stopped wandering, Su Yonglin nodded with satisfaction.
"It seems that we should be able to discuss the future war."
The military meeting began.
The specific situation of the main force of the Jin Army has basically been clearly understood by the Shengjie Army's sentinels.
Su Yonglin already knew how many people they had, how many camps they had, the level of defense, whether the army was elite and good at fighting, and even the general appearance of the army camps.
Su Yonglin was actually a little emotional.
Could it be that he was truly the Chosen One? The first time he fought a regular war in his debut, he could fully open the map and encountered a super easy mode?
Does the leader of this Jin army really not understand military affairs and is unwilling to do things that conform to the art of war?
Has the Jin Kingdom’s local military become corrupted to this extent?
This is really amazing.
"This golden thief obviously doesn't know what's going on, otherwise he wouldn't have rashly divided his troops to attack us. But the reason for dividing his troops is not important now. We only need to think about how to eat the rest of the group. That’s it.”
Su Yonglin made a start, and the officers began to express their opinions and tell their own opinions and basis.
They had a lot of advice, but most kept the same point of view.
That is, they believe that they should try their best to ensure the integrity of the Jin army's ships and strive to take all these hundreds of ships for themselves, including the strategic supplies of the 10,000 troops on them, and they should also capture them all.
If you get it, you can fatten up the Shengjie Army, which is a huge benefit.
The officers drooled and stared at the food, weapons and other military supplies in the large number of ships.
The Victory Army has just begun to take shape, and its main growth items come from the capture after defeating the enemy.
The capture of 1,500 cavalrymen just annihilated is already considered a rich harvest. It would be so delicious if we could also eat this fleet.
It will definitely make Sheng Jiejun gain dozens of pounds.
Su Jue swallowed, suppressed his greed, and expressed his opinion.
"In this way, our army should be divided into two parts. One part will attack the land camp, and the other part will attack the ships on the water. We cannot give the Jin people a chance to escape by boat. We must capture the boat before they escape. The stains on the boat It’s so important to us.”
Old partner Su Haisheng agreed.
"Perhaps we can launch a night attack, sneak across the blocked river in a small boat, use ropes and hooks to board the ship, and seize control of the ship. At night, the gold thieves should not have too many troops sleeping and resting on the ship. Since they can dock, they can There should be more rest on shore, and it can even be said that many ships may not have people on board, and they can be controlled as long as they board the ship."
Two heavyweights expressed this view, leading a group of battalion-level officers to express the same view.
Han Jinggui thought carefully for a while and expressed doubts about this.
"Although the plan is good, we must also consider the number of people. Our goal should first be to annihilate the main force of the gold thieves. Capturing the gold thieves is only secondary. If too many troops are used to seize the ship, the attacker's troops will become insufficient. .
The Golden Thieves should still have more than 7,000 troops. Even if more than half of the Han people signed the army, the Jurchen soldiers still have more than 1,000 soldiers, and they still have combat effectiveness. We cannot attach too much importance to the capture. The most important thing is to eliminate the main force of the Golden Thieves. of. "
The battalion commander Wei Kexian boldly agreed with Han Jinggui.
"The statement made by the training officer of the Han regiment is correct. I think we should concentrate our main force to attack the gold thieves' stronghold, try to attack them all at once, encircle and annihilate them, and eliminate the main force of the gold thieves. Then we will consider seizing the ship and annihilate the main force of the gold thieves first. , seize the ship again.”
Another battalion commander of Baihu Camp, Fu Hongda, boldly expressed the same view.
"It is reported that most of the gold thieves' grain-carrying ships are manned by conscripted civilians. There are very few soldiers and horses on board, and most of them are local people. It is inappropriate to send too many soldiers to seize the ships. The main force of the army should be used to surround the gold thieves' camp and eliminate the gold thieves. , the ship will naturally descend."
Su Jue frowned, thought for a while, and shook his head repeatedly.
"If the gold thief realizes that he is outmatched, he evacuates into the ship first and escapes through the waterway, but we do not block the waterway behind him. Once the attack is blocked and the gold thief successfully retreats, won't we lose both human and financial resources? By then, what will happen? How about that?"
Su Jue's opinions were also very sharp and tenable.
Both sides have their own opinions and doubts. No one can convince the other side to listen to their own opinions. They argue and argue. In the end, Su Yonglin still needs to make the decision.
Su Yonglin is the final decision-maker.
But to be honest, what people on both sides say has basis and it is possible for it to happen.
The main force of the Jin army should try to eliminate it and completely eat this more than 7,000 Jin army. Not only will Su's own prestige increase greatly, but it can also greatly boost the morale of the entire Shandong rebel army and make the entire Shandong people The rebels all cheered up.
But when he thought of those military supplies, Su himself became extremely greedy.
Even if there are not many war horses, there are many other supplies for a ten thousand army, especially ready-made food and weapons. It would be so delicious if he took them all.
Swords, spears, bows and arrows, crossbows, divine arm bows, armor, shields, and even gunpowder and firearms.
Those are what the Shengjie Army urgently needs, and no amount is too much.
I want everything, and I can't let go of either. Su Yonglin even feels like the old man with a white beard and a red hat, stretching out his hands into claws - I want them all.
So what should we do...
Su Yonglin walked around with his hands behind his back, thinking hard.
The officers said nothing, waiting for Su Yonglin to make the final decision.
Time passed like this bit by bit.
Suddenly, Su Yonglin stopped.
"We can block their way forward, why can't we block their way back again?"
Officers, look at me and I look at you. Several of them blurted out one word - Huh?
They failed to understand Su Yonglin's brain circuit.
Su Yonglin laughed and pointed to the west.
"We really don't have any extra ships. Even if we did, they wouldn't be able to pass through the blockage and block their way back. But we don't have any, and they do."
The officers still failed to react.
So Su Yonglin started talking.
"We really can't divide our troops into two groups and seize the ships while attacking the camp. Although the Golden Thieves lost one of their cavalry, they still have more than 7,000 men. Their numbers are overwhelming and cannot be underestimated. Therefore, our army must use its absolute main force to attack the camp.
But this does not mean that we cannot seize the ship. I think we can work as a team and send some elite teams who are familiar with the water and know how to operate the ship. We can sneak back behind the gold thief at night and seize a large grain ship with one team. .
Most of the gold thieves' grain transport ships are operated by civilians. One team is enough to capture one ship. It doesn't need to be more. As long as ten or twenty can be captured, the gold thieves' ships can be blocked. In this way, the main force of our army When attacking the camp, the gold thief ships will not be able to retreat. "
Su Yonglin's thoughts opened up new ideas for the officers. Following this idea, they found that the front was suddenly clear.
"In this way, even if the gold thief wants to escape by boat, he won't be able to escape!"
"We can concentrate our forces and eliminate the main force of the Golden Thief Infantry!"
"So good!"
Everyone agreed with the plan, and Su Yonglin further said that troops are valuable and quick. Now that we have a strategy, we can start taking action immediately.
"If time passes, there is no guarantee that something will not happen. There may even be reinforcements. Soldiers need to be quick and unexpected. If we want to completely defeat the golden thief, it is now!"
Su Yonglin believed that the army had rested intermittently since the battle at noon, had eaten and drank enough, had recovered its physical strength to a certain extent, and had the strength to fight again.
With the level of organization and physical strength of the Victory Army, it was not impossible to complete this night attack.
So Su Yonglin made such a decision.
The entire army rushed all night, striving to reach the Jin Army's stronghold before dawn tomorrow and launch an attack!
