"Then we need to discuss the appropriate number of cavalry to send." All the generals nodded. It is still early before the war starts, so there is enough time to discuss tactics.
"But is this really feasible? Although the cavalry is highly mobile, if they stay in these villages, can these villagers really cover us up to this extent? If a villager secretly goes to Gaomi, these troops will You may be in danger." Zhang Liang hesitated and said.
"This is indeed a problem." Duan Zhixuan also nodded.
"Hey, although you are geniuses in warfare, you don't understand people's hearts." Li Chengqian couldn't help but speak.
Everyone: "..."
Your Highness, your sense of presence is suddenly a bit high. During this time, Your Highness, you have been either reading a book or looking around in the military camp. When we generals meet you, you only chat with us. Why are there so many meetings today? What about words?
"I have read a few books written by Li Ke recently. You probably don't know that Li Ke also wrote The Art of War, right?" Li Chengqian looked at them and said.
"I have never heard of this before." Everyone was a little curious. His Highness King Qin also wrote the Art of War? This is so curious, after all, not everyone can write about the Art of War.
"I have read a book called "On Protracted War". Although this book may not be consistent with the situation between us and Goguryeo, some of the current situations are very consistent."
"There is a passage in this book that says when the enemy's war machinery is cumbersome, has limited actions, and has limited effectiveness, our most suitable strategy is mobile warfare."
"Carry out highly mobile warfare on a vast battlefield, with rapid advance and rapid retreat, rapid concentration and rapid dispersion. We must first use mobile warfare to effectively eliminate the enemy's spirit and combat effectiveness."
"One of the methods of mobile warfare is guerrilla warfare. There are also sixteen words of mantra in this book: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy is stationed, we harass; when the enemy is tired, we attack; when the enemy retreats, we pursue."
"You are all generals in these sixteen words. You should be able to understand the meaning between the lines. What is the key point of these sixteen words? That is to go deep into the masses, take the people as the foundation, cultivate the people deeply, and integrate Common people, let the enemy sink into the vast sea of common people."
"Take our cavalry in Hanhai Prefecture as an example. If ten thousand cavalry enter the hinterland of Goguryeo, I am afraid that all connections between the various towns in Goguryeo will be cut off. Between these towns, we do not want to harm the people, but cut off all trade. If the enemy's logistics transportation is carried out, we will concentrate our superior cavalry force to destroy it."
"After all, if they are transporting supplies, they need to be escorted by the army to the wild, and the wild is the domain of our cavalry."
"Seize supplies as daily supplements for the cavalry, and directly burn these logistic supplies if they cannot be carried, cutting off the enemy's supply route."
"And once the enemy gathers on a large scale and wants to concentrate their superior forces to eliminate us, they will break them into pieces and disperse them in various areas of Goguryeo in units of hundreds of cavalry."
"It is easier for hundreds of cavalry to find supplies, and it is easier for war horses to be replenished from primitive jungles and other places. Moreover, when encountering some weakly defended towns, they can even attack these towns directly."
"If we infiltrate enough cavalry troops, we can even be active outside each city. We will concentrate our superior forces to eat up their small forces. If they are a large number of troops, we will directly retreat and disperse."
"Can the enemy still keep tens of thousands of troops advancing together? If that is the case, how slow will their march be? And our troops on the front line cannot always be dead."
"At that time, these Goguryeo troops will be exhausted just by sheer force, because we do not harass the people in the villages outside the city, only the city, and no one who has the ability to come out of the entire city will come out. How long can they hold on?"
"But if you want to launch such a mobile war, what is it? The people! For example, these dotted villages on the map. Our cavalry does not even need these villages for supplies after they move, but these villages can be used as intelligence. Clearinghouse.”
"For example, how will the cavalry gather after they are dispersed? Then every once in a while, send your news to this village to gather, and then inquire in the village whether there is the latest gathering order, or information about enemy transportation and other information."
"With each village as the center point, the journey within two days is enough to cover most of Goguryeo's land."
"If we go into the village to supply supplies, it may bring crisis to the village, but if we just send one or a few scouts to concentrate or deliver intelligence, there will be no danger."
"If we execute this way, we won't even need a superior offensive from the frontline troops. In half a year, Goguryeo will collapse." Li Chengqian pointed at the map and said.
Li Chengqian's words made all the generals present dumbfounded.
Of course there are similar guerrilla tactics in the art of war from ancient times to the present, but as Li Chengqian said, they have never heard of tactics that take guerrilla warfare, cavalry, mobile warfare, and harassment warfare to their extreme.
But when Li Chengqian said this, they felt the huge power in it.
The supplies stored in various Goguryeo cities were different. When these cities were cut off, the time they could last for each other was naturally different.
These cavalry alone are enough to completely overturn the entire Goguryeo.
As His Royal Highness the Prince said, they feel that this "On Protracted War" is even deeper than Sun Tzu's Art of War in some aspects, or it is broader in depth, because it is no longer limited to the simple level of war. .
Everyone swallowed their saliva, such an awesome tactic was actually written by His Highness the King of Qin? This... is outrageous. The problem is that they haven't really seen it.
"Didn't you go to that military academy and learn nothing?" Li Chengqian looked at Qibi Heli and the others and asked.
"No...I think I haven't learned it yet." Qibi Heli also said in a dry tone, what else does His Highness, King Qin, not know?
"Then he probably hasn't shown it to you since he wrote it, but I have already read it. So do you understand why I said that before? Your Highness, King Qin, is a genius in all aspects. If Without him, where would the Tang Dynasty be today?" Li Chengqian said calmly.
